Al Holloway
Devizes UK
I don't think this is the issue. I believe that if you have a proven vaccination you will most likely not get the disease you are vaccinated against. However there is a growing concearn that the virus's are mutating in responce to the vaccinations and may develop a strain we cannot vaccinate against. While I am not in a high risk group I won't take a regular shot in the hopes that I can maintain my own immune system.I know that the original thread title was more to evoke discussion than a serious question, but the pedant in me feels compelled to note: while anecdotally I cannot produce enough evidence to show that my getting a shot every year has prevented me from ever contracting the disease, I have to throw down the gauntlet and ask to see one—even one—solid bit of evidence getting the shot has ever been the "cause" of someone getting the flu. Not sniffles, not some arm soreness, not some reaction to the shot...real, actual, clinical influenza directly caused by the injection.
cheers
Al.