[jmye]

> Cant we say this applies to the flu vaccine? This almost validates why I skip it every year.

These two things have literally nothing to do with each other.

> I get sick after getting the flu vaccine and feel pretty bad for 1-3 days

I thought you skipped it every year? So did this happen like, once, and you don't actually have any real basis for comparison or understanding, here? Come on.

[butILoveLife]

Did it for a few years in my 20s. Then did it for a few years from family peer pressure. Then did the covid thing.

Probably n=5 or 6 out of 18.

[jmye]

And you distinctly remember every single one of those 5-6 years getting sick immediately after, and getting the flu the same year? Again, come on now. This isn't even anecdata, it's just invented memories to push a conclusion you arrived at in your 20s with no actual understanding or basis of knowledge. I assume you think there are no benefits to having gotten the flu vaccine, if you do happen to get the flu after, either, for reasons that are surely backed by strong evidence and subject matter expertise, and not like, Facebook posts.

I don't know why people feel so compelled to invent stories about vaccines they hate but don't even vaguely understand, especially when the creative writing is so poor. It's such a weirdly pervasive thing in healthcare, that people think basic existence is the same as expertise.