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Never.
My Mom and little Sis get them because they both have compromised immune systems because of a being a transplant recipient and having Crohns respectively.
If your Mom and sister are immune compromised, why wouldn't you get a flu shot? Your vaccine would help to protect them, too.
Okay. I assumed that you saw them frequently.Well.... factor one.... because I see them only a couple of times a year at best.
In the past... one every year or two....
And I certainly wasn't traveling while I was sick.
No, it wasn't. Your symptoms might have only lasted a day, but your risk of infecting others didn't:Second factor, I don't get the flu but once in a blue moon.
I actually can't remember the last time I had it.
Welllll over 7 years now.
In my life, come to think of it... I think I've had the flu 3-4 times and it cleared up in a day or two.
And fun fact.... during those 7 years I was a transit rider in two of Canada's biggest cities.
You are suggesting that I should get the shot to help others?
I get it.
But what if I'm sick next to never?
The one time I had the flu as an adult, I kept to myself and didn't go out.
And was over it in a day.
So, when are you most contagious? Most experts agree that adults with a cold or the flu start being contagious about a day before they start experiencing symptoms. For the flu, the contagious period then lasts five to seven days into the illness.
Informative!Okay. I assumed that you saw them frequently.
No, it wasn't. Your symptoms might have only lasted a day, but your risk of infecting others didn't:
Discovery Health "When are colds and the flu the most contagious?"
Okay. I assumed that you saw them frequently.
No, it wasn't. Your symptoms might have only lasted a day, but your risk of infecting others didn't: