text: wha is the point of the flu shot? i just dont see the point why they inject you with the flu so that you dont get the flu. but the thing is that it gives you the flu right after you have the shot. i'm not worried about not getting the flu next year,  may not even be alive next year. i never even get sick so really what is the point? inactive (dead) virus that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies ( with the immune system 'primed' it will destroy the flu virus before it has   had a chance to reproduce and spread therefore either preventing the flu or making it much less severe)  since the virus is inactive it can not cause the flu but your body will produce antibodies and in some people that process can cause a very mild reaction ( slight fever and the 'blahs' ) a few people ( 1 in a few million have had an allergic reaction - but these same people with the flu would definitely die fast - as soon as the virus started reproducing ! ) get the shot !