...that I will not survive this.
Get your flu shots, don' be like Mike.
...currently discussing the US presidential election campaign until Inauguration Day.
...currently discussing the US presidential election campaign until Inauguration Day.
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If it's any consolation, the flu shot given this year was not particularly effective against the strains of flu that were most prevalent during flu season (the Southern hemisphere receives the same vaccines as did the Northern hemisphere 6 months earlier).
Every year the world health organizations analyze epidemiologic data and basically guess what the next year's flu strains will be, in order to design a vaccine that will be effective against those strains. They have to gear up early to produce enough vaccine in time, so they have to make the call pretty far in advance. Last year they guessed wrong, and the flu shot was not very effective in preventing disease.
Perhaps more helpful in reducing your chance of illness would be to concentrate on a healthy lifestyle --- you know, reduced stress, no smoking, limited alcohol consumption, lots of exercise, enough sleep, healthy diet. :-)
Hope you feel better soon!
That's a bit of a consolation! It truly is.
I'm feeling a bit better today ...but I hear that you always feel "a bit" better right before you give up the ghost.
un besito (¡virtual!),
Mike
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