Flu jab

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I have had the flu jab for the past 2 years, paid for by myself at about £13 each time.

Colleague has a condition where it would make her very ill if she got flu and therefore she gets it done at the doctor (for free) alongside her whole family.
I've decided not to get it this year for a variety of reasons.

She came in this morning after having her appointment to get the jab and I told her that I wasn't going to get it this year. She said " it's people like you that will make me ill" I said if she or the work wanted to pay for me to get it done then I will and I also said that if I felt remotely like I was getting flu then I will just stay off sick.

Now she is in a huff.

We only work together 2 days a week! The chances of me getting flu are slim, the chances of her catching flu from me are very slim and even slimmer since she's had the bloody jab!!

Aibu to not get the jab?

I'm a HCP and got my flu vaccine yesterday. It's not a live vaccine so doesn't give you flu as some people believe, but the way your body reacts to it can make you feel ill. I've had it every year with no problems, but for the first time I've woken up today feeling like I've been hit by a bus. Achey, feverish and a very sore throat plus I still have to go into work. However, a day or so of feeling rubbish is worth it for protecting the women and babies I'm around, as well as preventing myself as much as possible from contracting the flu. In saying that, I don't think you should feel forced into paying for the vaccine yourself but if you can afford it I most definitely would. You'd lose a lot more than £7 if you took 2 weeks off work for the flu.