1) Please provide a link to the post where someone said that because you "never get the flu (you) must therefore be an asymptomatic carrier." I would like to read those exact words. What I suspect is that someone told you that if your claim is true, that you never get the flu, that you could still be an asymptomatic carrier - you don't know for sure. Can you provide the link so I can find out what was really said? Thanks so much!
2) Consider the following two people:
* Person A contracts the flu, but is an asymptomatic carrier. They never experience any symptoms of having the flu, and so aren't even aware that they had it.
* Person B has hypothetical "permanent natural immunity" to all strains - past, present, and future - of the flu. They never contract the virus, and never experience any symptoms of having it.
* Person C has had multiple bouts with the flu in the past, but hasn't had it in many years. They are partially immune to one or more strains but susceptible to others that they haven't yet been exposed to.
How can an individual tell if they are Person A, B, or C? Please be specific with your reasoning.
3) You are correct, the flu does mutate every year, but there are also multiple strains. People who have had exposure to one strain may be partially or even fully immune to certain other mutations of that strain, but not to all strains. Do you agree?
4) Has anyone said anything to the effect that "everyone must get a flu shot no exceptions or OMG we're all going to get the flu and maybe we'll all die" or were you exaggerating?
5) Do you think it's reasonable to encourage vaccination against the flu to help create herd immunity to protect society's more vulnerable individuals - those with compromised immune systems or other conditions which makes the flu a lot more than just a week of feeling bad for them?
6) Do you believe it's possible for an individual with a good immune system to get sick, whether from the flu or another transmitted disease? Even if they wash their hands religiously?
I would very much like to hear your honest answers to the above. Please feel free to ask me any questions in return and I will respond in kind.
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