It’s not too late to get your flu shot! Y’all it’s 2020! It is understandable that this time of year I would be writing a blog for FAAC patients about the importance of getting a flu shot. I’ve been asking everyone since about mid-August: “Have you had your flu shot or are you planning to get one? “ When I ask this question, I usually receive one of the following responses: Yes, I have already had one or I am planning to get one because I get one every year or my work requires me to have one every year. No, I have not had it. I do not usually get a flu shot. What do you think Dr. Hudelson? I have never really had the flu. No, I have not. I do not get flu shots because I always get the flu when I do. No, I have not. They do not make sense to me because they are based on last year’s flu. No, I do not like to get vaccines because I am worried about side effects No, I cannot get the flu shot. I am allergic to eggs. Most of you know me well enough to know that my response tends to be: “Well it is my job to remind you to get your flu shot. I hope you will get one.” But I rarely preach. When I am asked my opinion, I always speak affirmatively about flu shots. I insist on flu shots for the staff at FAAC and for all high risk patients. Yet, I am re-thinking my approach in 2020! Really y’all – it is 2020. And this year will go down in the history books as a hum dinger! The goal of this blog is to briefly speak to each of the patient responses given above as a reason to not get a flu shot. Most of you will have already heard these reasons and for the most part have already decided whether you will or will not get a flu shot. This blog is my personal reason why I believe...