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In reply to the discussion: We got a letter from the government telling us our daughter should be vaccinated-we refused [View all]ladyVet
(1,587 posts)twice (!) while in USAF basic training, so the government didn't entirely drop the matter. That was on top of whatever other injections/vaccinations I'd received (and likely a different flu vaccine as well). I was sick the entire time I was in basic, and every year following that I got a flu shot while I was in the military. Never got the flu otherwise, in all the years before or since.
I've often wondered if that swine flu mess wasn't some sort of trigger for my declining health over the years, but have never been able to get a doctor to even test for anything like Guillame-Barr.
I've been tested for TB, because I've had two different teachers come down with it, but to my knowledge never got any vaccination (I don't remember getting it in the service).