the risk of death or complications from the flu is much, much higher than the risk of complications from the vaccine. I think this is a no-brainer.
Gina Kolata, a NY Times Science reporter wrote a wonderful book a few years ago on the subject of the 1918 flu pandemic and the flu virus. “Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It”
Some of the over 60 crowd may remember polio scares and epidemics. That horror is just a distant memory (except for those who have post-polio syndrome) for Americans, thanks to vaccines which were made at a time when vaccine technology was prehistoric in comparison today’s technology.