PhotoYou’ve heard it many times: You should get a flu shot. But don’t flu shots give you a mini version of the flu? states it plainly: “No, a flu shot cannot cause flu illness.”JONAH: But everyone always says that it was getting the shot that made them sick in the first place! Though it might be tempting to make the connection to the flu shot when you’re in bed sneezing, correlation is not causation. But I promise you: It doesn’t hurt that much, and as a giant wuss who recently got my flu shot, I can say that with authority.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 12:00 UTC