A recent study shows that flu vaccinations may not save the lives of the elderly. Apparently, studies have not been able to show that flu shots do anything for the elderly. Most doctors recommend the shots for the elderly. They also believe flu shots stop grubby-fisted children from absent-mindedly spreading influenza to the elderly.
The elderly, mottled and wisdomful, are the cross section of the populous that are the most flirtatious with death.
"They live on the edge, " said some guy. "By that, I mean that they live on the edge of death, literally and at all times. To further illuminate, the average human live span is around seventy-five years. Those elderly who have lived an amount of time longer than their alloted three score and ten are teetering, as all things teeter, on the brink on oblivion"
"You see," he continued, "the human body gets worn down from years and years of soul-crushing disappointment and loss. As a man's or woman's dreams burn out like cheap candles, his or her heart, mind and body weaken until there is nothing left but a decrepit scarecrowesque husk. A flu shot can't fix that. Nothing can."
Infectious disease specialists will do more research and try to prove that flu shots save the lives of the elderly or at least delay the inevitable. It is well known that flu shots may not prevent the disease, but they make the flu less severe.
"The flu shot is nothing more than a balm for the soul. A placebo that placates the all-consuming fear of life's end for yet another day."
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