I get the flu shot each year, too. My physician recommends it to me since I work at a university and with college students all day who are incubators for every illness.
In my department, we employ about two dozen student workers aged 18-22. Most every one of them (especially the females) walk into their jobs each day and announce "I have the flu." I respond, "Did you go to student health services and get swabbed? That's the only way you know if you have the flu - if you test positive for it with a swab." (This has been sent in every email to students and staff).
They respond, "No.I just know I have it." This gets repeated every day, and every shift. I venture to guess 100% of them don't have the flu because they wouldn't be walking around campus. Many just need personalized attention - and this is how they get it.
Nevertheless, rather than take chances, I get the flu shot - and never gotten the flu.
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