Aunt Christine, don’t you think this is the legacy of your generation’s creation? Because of the actions the women before us took, we came to believe we could do it, have, be it. We didn’t invent this, but we are trying to figure it out. Government officials in this country have generally voiced lilttle interest in mandating flu shots.Linda Haslam Stroud, president of the Ontario Nurses Association, says the union does generally endorse flu vaccination, on a voluntary basis. She notes the vaccine is not devoid of side effects, including rare cases of Guillain Barr syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis.”We have members who have taken the vaccine who will never work again, and not just in nursing,” she said.Dr.