never had a flu shot in my life....last time i was sick with anything that could have been the flu was in the early 90's......since a large number of the deaths in 1928 were actually d/t bacterial pneumonia...i have seen the suggestion to get that vac. now....and the flu one when it comes out....one of the newest obs about the new one that i have seen, however is that some of the deaths seem to be from an inflamatory storm from the virus itself rather than a bacterial pneumonia......in other words, who the heck knows,lol