Should I Get A Flu Shot?

I've been reading around the forum about vaccines and I haven't found solid answers. Are there potential negative effects of getting vaccinated for an adult? Is there any way of actually knowing if flu shots are effective?

Did you guys get a flu shot?

 

Obviously, that's a personal choice, and not necessarily an easy one given the ubiquity of misinformation in the medical mainstream. My simple, you could say Peaty, answer to that question is to focus on supporting metabolism rather than fighting the flu or any other virus, as I personally consider vaccination a significant metabolic stressor.

A more involved answer as to effectiveness would involve a much broader understanding of influenza and "influenza-like illness." From the Cochrane Collaboration http://www.cochrane.org/CD001269/ARI_vaccines-to-prevent-influenza-in-healthy-adults:

As for effectiveness in adults:

As to the quality of the studies themselves included in the Cochrane review:

Do I get a flu shot? No. There are better ways to support immunity, imo.

 

Not telling you what to do of course, but I don't personally get a flu or pneumonia shot although I'm in one of the categories where they recommend it.

Check this out, btw: "Flu" may indeed be simply reaction to endotoxin

 

Thanks, guys.