Ignoring the above.

I get a flu shot every year because I work with a LOT of people every year. I've had the pneumonia shot, too -- a disease to which I am particularily susceptible, having had it several times since I was two years old -- and I'm about due for reshoot. I also get tetanus and typhoid -- the last tetanus shot was a couple years ago when I was smacked in the middle of the forehead by barbed wire while stringing it around the Reference Area of the Library (don't, don't ask!). I also drive with my headlights on.

I've seen someone dying of tetanus, and I've seen (and smelled) the results of gangrene. I've had the flu, too.

Thanks for the advice, but I'll take the shots.