@desertguy Stories like yours which may have been caused by the flu shot scare hundreds of other folks into not doing the right thing. For this very same reason, some of my great-grandchildren have not had the basic vaccinations for childhood diseases. However, their puppies have had all of their shots. My generation has tried to reason with the parents but they read about it on social media so it must be true. I would like to see statistics that show the percentage of reactions to flu shots each year. There is one statistic that can not be ignored. Over 350,000 dead and over 20 million cases in the USA alone in the first year. Scientists and labs rushed to come up with vaccines that are 95% effective and people are afraid to get it based on isolated cases they read or heard about.