14-12-2003 16:20									#1
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I got my vaccination like a month and a half ago and now were all finding out that it was the wrong type...... if you do get the flu, is it reasonably cureable?

	14-12-2003 16:26									#2
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Yeah, is the short answer, thoguh cured is the wrong word. You'll just have to sick it out as antivirals are rather ineffective against influenza.

Influenza is a nasty bug and will leave you bed ridden for 4-5 days and feeling generally crappy for about 2 weeks, but as long as your immune system is not weak due being very young, very old, having AIDS or immunosuppressive drugs you'll live.

This Wujan strain seems to be mostly killing young kids. They will have never been exposed to Influenza before and as such are probably more susceptible than most of us.

	14-12-2003 16:29									#3
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I'm not in the best shape but I'm not in awful shape heh.

So if I get sick odds are VERY good I'll feel like @&!# but I"ll live?

	14-12-2003 16:31									#4
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Yes.

	14-12-2003 16:35									#5
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Yeah. It's a nasty disease and you'll like you'll want to die for a few days (high fever, extremely painful joints etc), but use some fever suppressors, maybe some painkillers as well a lot fluids and you'll be fine. The mortality rate is way less than 0.1%, and nearly all of those would fall in the above categories.

I severely doubt it would be anything like the Spanish Flu pandemic after WW1.

NOTE: I am not a medic, i am a (former) virologist, so do follow any medical advice rather than what I say

	14-12-2003 20:30									#6
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How bad is this flu as compared to other annual outbreaks?

	14-12-2003 23:50									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen I got my vaccination like a month and a half ago and now were all finding out that it was the wrong type...... if you do get the flu, is it reasonably cureable?

This precise strain of flu is not in the cocktail vaccination you got, but there is one that's really close, so you're a lot more immune than you think you are.

quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger How bad is this flu as compared to other annual outbreaks?

About the same, maybe a letter less The difference with this strain is (a) this one hit a lot earlier than normal and (b) this one has had a lot of media hype.

Relax.

	15-12-2003 00:38									#8
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as I said in the other thread, good health is all in the mind. Some people can beat cancer through will (and presumably good immune cells) power.

I believe I won't get sick, and I won't.

Haven't had even a cold in almost 10 years. *again Diss knocks on wood just in case*

Resistance...

	15-12-2003 00:52									#9
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There's word (hush-hush, mostly) in some quarters of the medical community that the flu shots given this year will only be effective 30 to 50 percent of the time due to the imprecise match with what's going around.

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	15-12-2003 01:06									#10
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Last I heard, 8 people were in Dallas hospitals and a guy at the America Legion Post was temporarily paralyzed, due to the vaccination.
What worries you?

	15-12-2003 01:12									#11
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The Flu usually only kills really old people.

Take care of yourself, Sloww.

	15-12-2003 01:14									#12
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And children. Take care of yourself, Boris.

	15-12-2003 01:15									#13
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snap.

	15-12-2003 02:34									#14
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I blame the Chickens!

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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen I'm not in the best shape but I'm not in awful shape heh. So if I get sick odds are VERY good I'll feel like @&!# but I"ll live?

	15-12-2003 05:31									#16
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Three of the kids who died in Colorado had definite risk factors. I wonder if some of the apparently healthy kids might have been children of very poor families or migrant workers and therefore not living in healthy conditions.

	15-12-2003 05:34									#17
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well they also might be typical american kids who live off of McDonald's and don't eat fresh fruit and vegetables.

	15-12-2003 05:44									#18
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quote: if you do get the flu, is it reasonably cureable?

did you mother disinfect everything you touched and always took you to the hospital for little scrapes?

the flu is nothing, unless youre really old, really young, or have a fooked up immune system. At worst, if you're a normal person, you could be in bed for a few days.

	15-12-2003 05:51									#19
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also most people who die of the flu die because of dehydration, you get horrendous headaches and fevers most the time, and a lot of people go through feeling hot then cold then hot then cold (even though thier temperature is over 100) Drink plenty of water and dont bundle up, you feel cold but you're actually sweating hot . gatorade or something similar is better seeings how you probably wont eat for a day or two while youre sick, toast is good too it won't burn as much as just liquids on the way back up.

	16-12-2003 20:29									#20
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Last I heard, 8 people were in Dallas hospitals and a guy at the America Legion Post was temporarily paralyzed, due to the vaccination. What worries you?

Yeah, but those were only Dallas Cowboys fans traumatized by their team's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last week. We're no talking about that. We're talking about the flu here, amigo.