Hello Frens, I'm looking for a little help regarding flu shots. My family used to get them annually. I decided to stop last year after I had a reaction (swollen/itchy joints; rash all over my back, asthma attacks). However, my mother (who lives with me and thankfully agreed not to get the jab) is still thinking of getting the flu shot (and/or the pneumonia shot) this year.
She has several autoimmune problems, and is fearful that if she gets the flu she'll be much worse off. I've told her I will not get the flu shot under any circumstances. I've also tried to explain that the flu shot doesn't stop the flu.
If this was your mother (and presumably, you had a good relationship), what information would you give her?
Thank you all.
EDIT: Thank you all for your posts. I'm going to let my mother review, and hopefully she'l decide not to take it.
It is safer to take vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc and quercitin throughout the flu season to keep your immune system optimal. If she gets the fly, have ivermectin (horse paste) on hand. By day #2 most people are back to normal. Flu shots are a big guess regarding the strain that will hit every year and they are only 30% correct. Your immune system is lowered for put 60 days after taking the flu shot. I also heard that the flu shot was going to have mRNA in it, but I don’t know if that is true for this year. Quite honestly, I would not trust any vaccine ever again. I am not a doctor, but why take something that could injure you? If despite all of the information given below in the comments, she decides to take it, have someone go with her and demand to see the syringe or vials label to be sure it is actually the influenza vaccine.