Flu Shot…Did You Get It?
Thanks to the miracle of modern medicine and the generosity of big business, I got a free influenza vaccine shot today.
I hadn’t received a vaccine shot in nearly seven years. Ya see, the last time I received one I got sick. We’re talking full blow life-is-hell flu sick. Because of this I’ve been hesitant to repeat that experience. Prior to today I swore I’d never get a flu shot again, but this morning a stout, stern woman decked out in blue scrubs and a comfy looking white sweater handed me a flier which proudly stated that the vaccine given today is of the “inactivated (killed)” variety. This particular vaccine shot consists of a “dead” virus, but through what I can only assume is a combination of black magic and unicorn dreams the patient still becomes vaccinated from this year’s predicted virus outbreak.
The shot itself was painless but within an hour my arm became a bit sore, which I was told was normal. When it was all over I got a nifty smiley face sticker exclaiming in bold-type minimalistic sentence structure that “I got it! Did you?”
