Here in Sweden everyone gets a flu shot for free. I got my shot yesterday - they started out with the young children and worked their way up through the progressively older parts of the population. Obviously the shots are paid for by our tax money, which is perfectly fine with me.
There are some risks linked to the vaccine, primarily to people who have had transplantations. A man who had had a heart transplant here in Sweden actually died. The shot boosts your immune system, which has to be suppressed in patients who have had an organ transplanted into their bodies. The man with the transplanted heart got an immune reaction which caused his body to reject (is that the word you use?) his new heart.
Ann
