Re: [personal] Re: [TMIC] Flu Shot reactions and other resources

2005-11-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This link will get you to an article in todays New England Journ. of Med.: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/21/2209 That deals with the viruses of influenza. F

Re: [personal] Re: [TMIC] Flu Shot reactions and other resources

2005-11-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I never heard or believed that once you were affected with the flu you > > would not get it again.. Krissy, The Flu is a virus that, unlike chicken pox, is always slowly mutating. So, you get the flu one year, get over it, and will not get that flu again, BUT, the flu virus mutates so next w

Re: [personal] Re: [TMIC] Flu Shot reactions and other resources

2005-11-23 Thread Krissy
: Gunny0011 To: Krissy Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: [personal] Re: [TMIC] Flu Shot reactions and other resources The flu shot is a live vaccine. If it weren't, the immune system would not identify it a such. The old theory is, once your infected with th

[TMIC] Flu Shot reactions and other resources

2005-11-23 Thread Krissy
­­ ­http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/05_flu_shot_rxn.htm     Flu Shot Reactions From Vincent Iannelli, M.D.,Your Guide to Pediatrics. Nov 16 2005 Expert Q&AQ. My toddler got a flu shot for the first time