Why Don't I Get a Flu-Shot?

Hey myth, you don't need to find out. I'd say it's somewhere in between. Just don't get a flu shot on the basis of general principle. Like you refuse to be a guinea pig for Big Pharma and the medical profession. I'm old. I've had the flu maybe 4-5 times in my whole life. I'm guessing here because I can only clearly remember three of these times. The last one I remember was about 5-6 years ago. All you need to do is take 500-1000mg of high quality Astragalus every day. Traditional Chinese Medicine. Provided of course it doesn't adversely interact with any medication you may be taking. A little research on your part is needed here. Astragalus helps to build up your immunity. Here's a link: www.allnatural.net/herbpages/astragalus.shtml Of course depending on where you look, you'll find advice somewhat contrary to the optimistic claims of those who support the use of Astragalus. But that's the same as with almost anything these days. And I prefer to use my own experience as a guide. This is not to say it's a miracle plant, but I believe it's helping to keep me from getting sick. I worked in an office where every 5-6 months everybody had a cold. Coughing and sneezing all over the place. I never got one. Hope you don't get the flu.

I never get a flu shot. I don't do needles. And I do not trust doctors. Why? Needles hurt and sometimes doctors lie.

If you don't know why you don't get a flu shot, does it matter if you find out why? I don't get flu shots because I don't want to get sick on purpose. I don't remember the last time I had the flu, but it was a long time ago. I think when we let our bodies be what God made them to be, they can fight off viruses on their own. I know that the flu kills people now and then, but so does lightning and I don't see scientists out there trying to figure out how to stop it from happening. Must not be much money in that. Anyway, if you don't want to get the flu, don't. If you want a good reason, the vaccines that are made up today are not the same as the constantly evolving virus that will be the flu tomorrow or even by the end of the day, so how can that help?

I don't know if you want to find out why or not, but here's my thoughts on flu shots. If we live a healthy life style, don't take antibiotics for things that they won't cure, eat as little food that comes from animals that are fed antibiotics and get plenty of fresh air and exercise, our bodies will build immune systems that are capable of fighting off viral infections. We seem so adamant to disinfect everything now days that our bodies don't have a chance to do what they're designed to do. Needles to say, I don't ever get a flu shot and I'm supposedly "at risk" because of my age. About every 40 years or so I get a very bad case of flu that puts me to bed for a week. Other than that I get a runny nose now and then and occasionally a 24 hour bug.

I had just been injected with flu vaccine last month. It was prescribed by my doctor way back in 2004 because of my lung problem.

I have to agree. Why would someone want to continuously year after year inject their body with a disease to fight a disease. There are other ways, healthier ways to fight off flu and cold like symptoms. How about a healthy diet! I love how you phrased that "my body is a miracle beyond modern medicine" and that holds true today. It's the nasty things we fill our body with, that breaks down the immune system and this can be reversed just by changing our diets. Great discussion

i would never get that shot. i don't even know why they made it up. people have always been able to fight the flu. you can't sign up for everything these medical people come up with.