re: Four year old Iowa girl who didnt get flu shot now blind

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You mention exceptions but not rules. The rule is that flu is much worse than colds. The flu virus has body-wide effects while colds affect upper respiratory areas

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I wasn't disagreeing that the flu isn't worse than a cold most of the time. Your original statement was just flat out wrong though. You said,

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Genuine influenza cases are debilitating. 

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. That is just not true. They typically are, but for people with strong immune systems who almost never get the flu or never get the flu...it is less likely to be debilitating. It wasn't shite for me....as I said, I've had colds that were worse and far more miserable. Fighting off the flu and/or not getting it at all has and always will have more to do with the strength of your immune system and your habits of washing hands, not touching your face, etc. The flu shot will do more for someone with a weak immune system than it will for someone with a strong immune system. I'm not at all against it, but some people do not need to take it, as the benefit is much more marginal than it is for others.