re: #519 NJDhockeyfan

Everyone around me has the flu. They all had flu shot recently, I did not and I do not have the flu. Flu shots are overrated.

yay for anecdotal experience trumping statistical analysis.

In general flu shots reduce flu illnesses. There are spot exceptions. Not least causing this is the fact that the flu shot is based on a projection of the most likely variation, but most likely is neither all variations nor always the one that happens.