Can I Get The Flu From A Flu Shot?

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• 00:05When you get a vaccination against a disease,
• 00:07one of the processes that occur in your body
• 00:10is an immune response
• 00:11that hopefully protects you when you see the real virus.
• 00:15Now, when your body produces that
• 00:17immune response to the vaccine,
• 00:19it can manifest as symptoms,
• 00:22and, frankly, those vaccine reactions can mimic the flu itself.
• 00:26Some people can have muscle aches,
• 00:28feeling weak, fatigued, sometimes even fevers.
• 00:31That should not discourage individuals from taking the flu vaccine.
• 00:35Getting the flu shot can still mitigate the severity of the disease.
• 00:40Vaccines don't save lives, but vaccination does.
• 00:43We can always have effective vaccines,
• 00:46but if people don't take them,
• 00:47then we don't achieve the protection that we all desire.