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Should I get the flu shot this year/on an annual basis?
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/2022-2023/flu-vaccination-recommendations-adopted.htm
Basically, unless you're allergic to eggs, yes. Eggs are used to manufacture the flu vaccine, so it contains a small amount of egg protein.
Last year's flu vaccine, at least in the UK, didn't have egg in it.
I had an egg based one a week or two ago at work, in the UK