For those who don’t usually get the flu vaccination ...

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Will you be getting it this year? My children don’t usually get it, but we’ve already had a horrid cold and I’m becoming increasingly more anxious about a winter full of illnesses.

I’m not an anti-vaxxer so please I don’t want this to turn in to a vaccination debate, I just want to hear from people who for the first time may get it this year (or may not)

Thanks everyone

Have been declining the flu jab for the last few years, and have been absolutely fine health wise.

I'm mid 50s and considered having one last year but didn't get round to it. I almost certainly will this year as I have since been diagnosed with fibromyalgia so can feel shit anyway without the additional help of a viral illness!

I've had flu 3 times in my life and it was horrendous. 99.9% sure I had COVID In March (testing not available outside hospitals at that point) and comparably would rather do that again than another dose of flu.

My children are signed up for it through school.

I'm not eligible on the NHS listings as low risk. I have no objection to it, but don't rush to get it as there are often shortages and someone else will be a higher priority than me.

No.

Dp is in the at risk group and when he first got type 1 diabetes I had a flu jab with him.

We were both so ill after we decided never again.

Dp did start to get them each year with his company but I had to point out after a few years that every time he had a flu jab he would then have to take a few days off work because he was ill.

Don’t know if it affects others in the same way

I am still undecided TBH. I always struggle to make this decision. On the 2 occasions DD has had the nasal spray she has spiked a really high temp and had a febrile convulsion so hasn't had one the past 3 years.

I’m eligible for a free one but I’ve never had it, never had flu either. No one in my family has ever had flu. So no I won’t ever get the flu vaccine.

I have had the flu twice, both times caught while traveling. Both times I had to go to emergency due to asthma flareups. I was sick for weeks.

I now make darn sure I get the flu shot. Even more so since both my parents died of flu. In the same week.

I will do almost anything to avoid it. The vaccine is far from perfect but the short term sore arm and achey feeling are nothing compared to flu.

Have been declining it for the past 5 years and will continue to decline it.