I can understand getting a flu jab if you're in a demographic that's at risk of serious complications or death if you contracted the virus. But for everyone else, what is the point in spending $35 for four to six months of protection against a merely unpleasant virus that you may never even catch? Never mind the potential side effects, or the studies that have cast doubt on the efficacy of the shot (70-90% in healthy people under 65 if the match between the vaccine and the circulating strands of the virus is close).
So while I have no intention of getting it, should we get it for Aidan? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that all children between 6 months and 19 years should get it. But I'm still sceptical. Something to get our GP's opinion on, I think.
