Do you get a flu shot or do you avoid them, believing they give you flu?

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I avoid them. I’m not in a high risk group to suffer complications from the flu, and I just don’t see any point in getting an injection to prevent something that I’ve managed to get through so many times on my own. I really feel like many of us are overmedicated as it is, and though I realise this isn’t technically a “medication”, it plays into the whole big picture for me. So, I do not get a flu shot unless it is required for my work.

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