Normally I get one or two colds and maybe a flu a year if I am around sick people constantly. A few years ago I decided to take the flu shot. I was sick the whole year. I got it too. Never had a flu shot since then.
Hope springs eternal.
I've been diligently getting the flu shot every fall for years now. I've been unlucky for two years in a row, and have been hammered by a different strain. I am grateful that the Ontario Ministry of Health is providing flu vaccines free of charge. Working in a federal penitentiary, I neither want to introduce influenza into the captive population nor do I want to take the flu home with me from what can only be described as a very close working environment. My company gave free flu vaccine early in the season.