I have been flu shotted

[chanter1944]

Got a phone call from my pharmacy today, because I requested they give me a jangle when flu shots came in. I asked if there would be someone available to give the ol' poke in the arm this evening, there definitely was, so I zipped over there after work and, with very little fuss, did the thing for another year. Less chance of me catching the horrible flu and/or, more importantly for my conscience, *passing* the horrible flu to someone, is more than fine by little me. I'm on our city's bus system a dozen times a week on average. I have no way of knowing if the person next to me is immunosuppressed, or 90 years old and fragile by virtue of, well, being 90, or carrying a sleeping infant, or... and better safe than complicit in avoidable awfulness.

And yeah, as I put it to a friend of mine earlier today, better a slightly sore arm than five days of misery.

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[killing_rose]

As someone who gets incredibly ill because of the flu shot, thank you.

(It took us a lot longer than it should have to realize what was going on, but these days there are notes in my chart. Which keeps exactly 0 doctors from telling me I need a flu shot.)

[chanter1944]

You're welcome. Yep, that's one of the main reasons why I do the thing. For all I know, the person next to me has a medical reason they can't get the flu shot. Making people sick=not on my list of to-dos, ever.