School immunizations

[My 2 cents]

A one size fits all vaccine would be great. Not only would it give more confidence for more people to get it, it would also likely be a one time vaccination instead of a yearly injection to account for all the mutations. Perhaps we would see the flu go the way of polio and smallpox.

The part I'm not getting is the desire to eliminate the choice. Many of you exhibit a high level of confidence in the vaccine's effectiveness, but you show a low level of confidence when you don't want to be around an unvaccinated person because they might give you the flu.

Either it will work or it won't, and if it doesn't work for a particular strain that comes to your school then it won't work on that strain when you go to the market or movie theatre either.

Hand washing, eating right, etc. is all good, but to me the biggest threat to containing a virus is the common propensity for people to go out in public when they are sick. There are even tv commercials that push drugs that will allow you to continue going to work, etc. Hey, if you are sick, or even suspect that you might be coming down with something, STAY HOME ALREADY.

I am in no way trying to tell anyone that they should or should not get a flu shot. That's your choice. At least it should be, imo.