Our doctor, a friend, was talking to my wife and found out that I hadn't had a flu shot. She called me and told me to get one immediately or she would do irreparable harm to me. If you knew my doctor you'd understand. She's not a woman to be trifled with. Anyhow, I got my shot two weeks ago so, and since it takes two weeks to be fully effective, I'm good to go. I'm told that the vaccine is only about 30% effective against the strain going around this year but it does alleviate the symptoms somewhat if you do catch it. We'll see.
Basically, for the past two or three weeks or so, I've been sitting up on my little hill and avoiding people as much as I can. Just about everybody I know has caught it and they tell me that it is not pleasant. To heck with it, flu shot or not, I may just continue to sit up on my little hill and watch the world go bye. I don't think that I'm missing out on much.
BTW Doc, get better soon. Do everything the doctor tells you to do.