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Here's something I can't recall ever seeing before: this week Boston plays **FOUR** different teams:

Monday @DET
Tuesday BAL
Wednesday BAL
Thursday PIT (makeup game from last week's PPD)
Friday TB
Saturday TB
Sunday TB

Great. More teams the Red Sox can infect with the "flu." Still want to know why all these so-called state-of-the-art medical/training departments that all teams supposedly utilize do not employ simple preventative care like a simple fucking flu shot, Mookie!!! I'll hang up and listen to the answer off the air.

Getting a flu shot doesn't guarantee you won't get the flu. I've known multiple people that never got sick, ever, not even a cold, then they were sick almost constantly for months the year they got the flu shot. There's a lot of guess work with these shots. These viruses are continually evolving, and they have to guess how it will evolve, and which strain to protect against. Even if they guess right, I've read different reports on the flu vaccine's efficacy. The more pessimistic ones say it's only 4% effective, other reports have said 10-12%, others 20%, but even the most optimistic ones have said it's only 50-60% effective, at least the ones that I've read.