# Got Your Flu Shot? 40% say, "No, Thanks." **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-your-flu-shot-40-say-no-thanks/826208 "2018-12-15T23:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 130
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-your-flu-shot-40-say-no-thanks/826208/130 "2018-12-20T03:28:16Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > …Someone upthread said that they literally felt like they were dying. That’s how it was, with no exaggeration or hyperbole. I remember thinking that I ought to go to the hospital, but couldn’t summon up enough life force to go to the phone. My wife is an RN, and has no patience for people who think the flu is a mild illness, or people who think their sore throat or common cold is the flu. She used to say that if you think you’re dying, you might have the flu. If you start praying for death, you’re more likely to have the flu…but it’s only when you start to worry you _won’t_ die that you know you have a bad case of the flu. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-your-flu-shot-40-say-no-thanks/826208)._