5 Reasons To Not Get a Flu Shot Every Year

End Up With the Flu Anyway

Some individuals will find they will fall ill with the common cold or the flu a few weeks after receiving a flu shot anyway. These cases of flu can become pneumonia, ear infections, or even bronchitis if they turn severe and treatment is ineffective. Situations such as these tend to occur because the flu virus is intentionally introduced into the body, creating some of the same symptoms. The immunity is lowered as a flu shot isn’t designed to immunize the body but to make the body sensitive against the virus.

Continue reading to learn another reason giving evidence against getting a flu shot each year.

Ineffective

Some evidence of young children benefiting from flu shots indicates vaccines could be just as effective as some placebos. This particular evidence is based on fifty-one studies involving roughly 260,000 children. Situations like this occur because the flu shot is only capable of protecting patients from the specific strains of the virus they are designed to protect against. Thus, if an individual comes into contact with a different strain, they are not protected and could still contract the flu. They could even be more susceptible to it, depending on the specific strains and vaccine at play.

Continue reading for how possible health issues can come into play.