I'd never gotten one before, and not since (I prefer to know whether or not my immune system is in good enough working order to protect me on its own).
Vaccines work with your immune system, not instead of it. If it were an antibiotic, that philosophy might have some merit, but vaccines only work if your immune system is already functioning well enough to make use of the antibodies they prompt it to produce. You also aren't going to produce those antibodies without being exposed to the illness in question. It's not a matter of your immune system being strong enough, it's a matter of whether or not you're in good enough general health to avoid developing symptoms before your immune system creates the necessary antibodies (during which time you can very easily be contagious, so flu shots help to protect those around you that are less capable of fighting off the flu on their own).
Bah, semantics. You really felt it was worth writing all that for the what little difference can be inferred between healthy immune system and general health, and -- HOLD THE PHONE!! DOUBLE-SPACES?! YOU'RE FUCKING ANAL AS FUCK AREN'T YOU!?! AHAHAHA! Guess that explains your need to highlight such a minor and inconsequential detail. You really oughta loosen up. -- Anyway, the merit to my phisolophy which you failed to find is that if I do get sick, which is almost never the case, then I know I need to take better care of myself.
It's a common misconception to see people say that they don't want to get vaccinated because they don't want to weaken their immune system by relying on outside treatments instead of toughing it out, which is the complete opposite of how vaccines works (they strengthen the immune system, rather than taking its place) and is generally not a mentality that has any basis in science or medicine. I wasn't sure if that's what you were getting at or not, so I thought it important to correct the misconception, just in case. ---
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