LB – I think the issue is that they are concerned about potential side effects. There are people who think that it might cause autism. I think that most people say that there is no evidence to support that and that it’s all a ridiculous myth.
I don’t know anything about vaccines, but I personally know someone who got messed up from the flu shot and then found out that approximately one person in (15,000? I’m not sure if that was the number) will get messed up from it.
One in 15,000 might not sound that high, but it’s not insignificant, it happened to someone I know, and I’m not particularly concerned about dying from the flu, c”v. Very few people my age die from the flu, and it’s not clear that the flu shots help, so why would I go out of my way to put myself at risk of one problem in order to solve another problem that’s not even a problem? Maybe when I’m old, it will be worth it, but right now, I don’t think so.