text: seriously...do people tend to get sick from flu shots? i had a flu shot nov. 10th. i went to the doctor two days before thanksgiving with broncidis. then i was at the doctor before christmas with a viral infection.  a week later i went back and it was neaumonia. 10 days later i went back and they said it was just a nasty cold holding on.  and now as of feb. 28th i'm sick again and called into work again and probably going to the doctor tomarrow for the 5th time since i've had the flu shot.        anybody help me at all?? or am i just screwed!! my experience says yes. my former wife is a nurse and they gave free flu shots for family members at her hospital. the one and only time our family went in for the shot was the one and only time all of us caught the flu. i never got the shot again, and never caught the flu again. but maybe it was just a coincidence.