curl-6 on 28 March 2012
| HesAPooka said: I'm all for vaccines for things such a Hepatitis etc, but I don't think the once a year flu shot is a good idea. All it does is force viruses to mutate and become stronger. I haven't been sick for 18 months. No sore throat, or flu or anything like that. Try washing your hands regularly and not touching your face and you'll be surprised how effective that is against catching a cold. |
You're thinking of antibiotics. Vaccines don't work that way; yearly flu shots are due to the virus's already high mutation speed and the variety of different strains. 200 years of vaccine use never produced a vaccine-resistant strain of smallpox, nor have decades of vaccination done so for polio or measles.
For the record though, I think annual flu shots are unnecessary unless you're in a high risk category, and I agree with you that improving hygiene is a better solution.
