Logic.

[icebluenothing]

Thought #1: Hmmm. Wasn't there some strain of drug-resistant flu going around? Maybe I should get a flu shot this year.

Thought #2: Wait, what?

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[wendolen.livejournal.com]

They're still doing flu shots. My doctor gave me one last week, after I told him I just got over a flu (saying that there are a couple of strains and it's better to be safe than sorry).

BTW: drug-resistant ain't exactly it, it's more that people are dying of this flu in unusual numbers. (Still small numbers -- the two cases I heard of in the Seattle metro area both died of a complication where the flu virus irritates the heart muscle.)

You don't have to be logical,

[ssandv.livejournal.com]

you're a writer.

Personally, I don't get flu shots because I swear I can feel the stuff spread through my body from my arm over the next hour or two. I was cordially ordered to get them every year in the Navy, but now that I'm free, screw that.

[str1.livejournal.com]

Why couldn't the examples in my old Introduction to Logic class back in college be that simple? I am an idiot that doesn't do well when confronted with strings of alphanumerics that resemble algebraic equations instead of anything even closely matching the English language. If A=B then B!=A if C!=D and D=C? What the hell?!

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Actually, a drug-resistant flu strain _is_ a reason to get a flu shot--vaccines inject you with a weakened form of the virus, allowing your body to bolster your immune system against the disease. The drugs in question are what you're given _after_ you catch the live bug. There is a minimal risk of contracting the full-on flu from the flu shot, but that's pretty rare.

Or so I recall from somewhere back in the mists of time, possibly my high-school Health class. And you'll note it took me a week to dredge that much information out of my brain. :)