I am so tired of hearing how influenza isn’t a “big deal” from anti vaccine forces. Personal stories can sway opinion. If facts did, we wouldn’t have falling vaccination rates. So if you have a #flustory to share please add it. Maybe it will change some minds. I’ll go 1st

When my son Oliver, who was born at 26 weeks weighing 1 lb 11 oz. who also had serious congenital heart disease, was 2 years old despite being vaccinated he caught the flu and was in the ICU for a week. He is 15 and still has sequelae. #flustory

I had H1N1 the spring it first hit before a vaccine was available. I thought I was going to die. For 2 days I crawled 10 feet to the bathroom and back. Took a week before I could work. My son had to take Tamiflu and I was TERRIFIED he was going to get it. #flustory

Don’t forget to add #flustory so people can find these tweets. Reporters uses tweets like these in articles! Getting stories out matters, that is why it is called social media.

Also, you can’t get the flu from the flu shot https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/the-flu-vaccine-does-not-cause-the-flu/ #flustory