10-22-2004, 11:32 AM
Armin,Oct 22 2004, 10:51 AM Wrote:Each single person immunized is one potential host, breeder and carrier less for the next strain to spread by. Actually, ESPECIALLY those lucky folks who indeed handle a genuine influenza exceptionally well (as with every disease, there are always people who suffer way less than the average) would do good to get inoculated. Because THEY are the most mobile and active distributors...
- Armin
Still fondly remembering my own stupidity, when I caught a 1962 strain of Influenza A / Puerto Rico from the institute stock :blink:
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I think I belong to that lucky and extremely dangerous group of people than. But I don't really fancy the idea of taking a flu shot. Is it true that people can die from getting a flue shot?? (I thought there were some shots for deseases which were lethal for a small percentage of people)?