@Mummabear @Zennblack @raintrees I got the flu right now. No flu jabs for me though. For one thing, I already have it, so I'll have immunity until next year, and for another, the medical community has so discredited themselves regarding vaccines, I no longer trust them to not sneak something a little extra in there.

I used to get flu jabs, but I still would get the flu, so I tasked the doctor I had at the time about it. Strike one is he huffed irritable and rolled his eyes at the question, and that's a bad start; doctors should be willing to entertain any question, no matter how stupid, with compassion and good humor.

Then, he told me that the flu shot doesn't PREVENT the flu, it just tunes up your immune system so it's more prepared to fight it, and you're less likely to be hospitalized, and you'll be sick for a shorter time. The flu shot lowers the amount of time you'll be sick from 7 days to 3 days, he said. I had him now.

So I said, "Well, maybe I should take Emergen-C or Airborne instead," and he reared back like I'd suggested sacrificing his youngest daughter to Ba'al.
"Emergen-C and Airborne don't work, they're snake oil," he said scathingly (strike two). I smiled sweetly.
"But doctor, they also say they'll lower the amount of time you're sick with a cold or flu from 7 days to 3 days. And they're also approved by the FDA, like the flu shot." He turned purple as he scrabbled for a response. Finally he gave up.
"Look, I've given my recommendation, and you can follow it, or don't, there's nothing more to be said at this point," he said irritably (strike three). I smiled again, passed on the flu shot, and never went to that doctor again.

It's my understanding that if you have more than the most basic understanding of modern medicine and your own personal condition, doctors are not at all prepared to deal with you. Knowledge is indeed power.