Originally Posted by
Chris2303
I get a flu shot every year and since I have been getting it (5 years) I haven't had the flu
I've had the flu shot once in my entire lifetime and I don't get the flu (as is the case with not having contracted Covid either). If you look at care home statistics, there is a large proportion of residents that die from the flu EVERY year and they routinely vaccinate for the flu. I'm afraid to say getting the flu is definitely not PREVENTABLE. Coronavirus has similarities to the influenza virus. A vaccine (if it does actually become available) is never going to be the Golden ticket out of this mire. Attitudes are going to have to evolve (just as the human immune system evolves) or we could find some nations locked down forever more. Elimination of Covid is a futile and costly road if thats the only view on your horizon.