[Lee'sGhost]

"I wonder if annual flu shots cause any problems?"

Absolutely. If you have children with respiratory problems they may well die if they don't have a flu shot.

[TaxRelief]

The risk of death certainly outweighs the risk of mild mental problems.

I was actually thinking about healthy people getting flu shots so that they don't miss work or have to deal with the discomfort of being ill.

[MaryFromMichigan]

I agree.

Here is a clip from the Seattle Times:

Doctors hope the inhaled vaccine will sharply increase the number of healthy people who seek flu immunization, potentially preventing some of the 114,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths a year from the disease.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/135019167_flu18.html

[TaxRelief]

LG,

Let me try this again.

Is it worth the risk of mercury build-up for otherwise healthy adults to have flu shots on an annual basis? What do 70 years of flu shots with thimerasol do to a healthy adult?

I am not worried asking about a reaction to the shot or even the "getting sick" myth about the shots.

I am also not asking about infants.