Has your entire family gotten flu shots for this year?

Every year there's always a tragic story related to the flu; and it almost always involves an innocent child.  90% of the time the tragedy could have been avoided/prevented. 
While 12,000 to over 50,000 people in the US die from the flu every year, the media always seems to focus on 1 or 2 children; the rest are simply statistics.  While seeing an innocent child die or become maimed by the flu is heartbreaking, every death or mutilation caused by the flu is a tragedy - whether the person was <1 or >100.
Flu shots aren't 100% perfect.  In fact, they're roughly 50% effective.  But that 50% is better than nothing.  The airplane you're in is going to crash.  There's 100% chance that you'll die when it hits the ground.  However, there's a device on board that gives you a 50/50 chance of surviving.  What do you do?

There's no excuse for not getting a flu shot.  Many insurances don't charge for a flu shot (preventive medicine).  Some counties sponsor free flu shot clinics every year.  My country even sponsors a free 'flu-drive-thru' program every year - simply drive in, roll down your window and roll up your sleeve, get a flu shot and you're on your way.

I think they should be prosecuted. 

The problem MAY (I emphasize MAY) not be the vaccine that causes the problem, but how they’re administered.  Some doctors give out lump vaccines (especially to very young children).  Sometimes this can cause a child to have reactions, as their bodies can’t tolerate it.   Even my cat can’t have more than one shot per day.  A parent may assume that a reaction is due to a vaccine when it’s actually a reaction to having too many shots at once (even doctors may misdiagnose this).  Then they tell their friends what happened, who in turn tell their friends, and so on.  Many people simply believe what they’re told instead of looking into it first (much like Celiac disease where many people think they are allergic to gluten when in reality only 5-6% actually do).  Thus, misinformation spreads.  Soon we have anti-vaxxers (non-religious ones).  This leads to very sick or dead children and diseases, which were thought to be wiped out, resurfacing and turning into epidemics - where people of all ages suffer.

 Child obesity can be caused to the fact that non-nutritious foods are cheaper than nutritious ones.  If one is trying to stretch their food dollar, they will buy as cheaply as they can (even my parents did this).  Look in an average store circular.  Note that there are more non-nutritious items than there are nutritious ones.  Most “quick” foods (not fast foods) aren’t good for a person (read the labels).  Then there’s the convince of fast foods (sure beats cooking a meal after having to work two jobs just to pay the rent).  Ordering a pizza is quick and easy, but it isn’t nutritious.  In the last store I worked for, candy sales made up 7% of the total daily sales. 7% per day!  That’s a LOT of sugar!   Granted adults eat candy too, but still… 

We've had every shot except that one. Flu shots aren't broad spectrum, they can only protect against one or very few specific strains - they're only guessing which bug will bite you. If and when they come up with one that protects against all strains of flu, I'll get it.

No. I had a flu shot once 20 yrs ago. Have not bothered since. 

No.  I take Boiron homeopathic meds and I don't have a flu problem.

My daughter and her family stopped getting flu shots and they told me it's because they don't trust them. I have never gotten a flu shot and never will because I don't trust them. I've never had the flu.

My wife and I did. I'm sure my daughter's family did as she is a nurse. I don't know about my son's family or my sisters and brother.