I got it myself to minimise the risk to our DD, who has asthma. She suffered with alot of asthma last year but I didn't want her to get the flu injection, so I thought I'd get it instead. I work in an office in the CBD & catch public transport, so am exposed to alot of people. So far this year, she has had only a couple of minor asthma incidents but I will wait until full on winter before I decide if it was even helpful for me to get the vax.