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I have a friend (a nurse) who currently has one child with type A and one kid with type B (both vaccinated). I also have a friend, in Austin, that has been hospitalized, haven't been able to talk with her so have no idea which type it is. I actually stayed out of the grocery stores last weekend, I don't want to get it. Darn people are not staying home (my brother in law for one, pretty sure he has it).
IMO avoiding crowds as much as possible during flu season goes a long way towards flu prevention. Especially when those who are sick won't stay home. Unfortunately sequestering oneself isn't always possible, but I sure try to avoid those crowds as much as I can.
Then I guess you got lucky, relatively speaking. I can recall getting the flu twice in my life, once as a kid and the second time in my early 20's, after heavy exposure to flu patients in a health care setting. Both times I was so sick I just wanted to die. And the second time it took me a couple months to feel like a human being again.
Maybe. But a lot of people who get the flu share my experience while others share yours. When I had the flu I took elderberry three times a day, vitamin d and c and also oil of oregano. There is evidence of at least the elderberry and vitamin d lessening the duration and severity of flu so maybe my experience was not just luck. Or if it was, maybe others with more severe cases are just unlucky. Who knows.
The majority of people never get the flu. It isn't just a handful of people who are 'immune' every year, and considering every year it's a different strain? It has more to do with being healthy rather than having some random genetic makeup that 'prevents the flu.'
The human body is strong and resilient. And people can keep it that way by taking care of it and giving it what is needed to function properly. Illness happens when it is NOT functioning properly.
One’s odds of getting the flu in any given year are 5% to 20% so you’re right, most people don’t get the flu often and some never get it.
And I ask this because of the TITLE of this thread. It is not: Hey: this year there are 2 strains. [fact]
It's hey: You're gonna get sick 2x. [fear mongering]
Did you ever learn how to read the structure of sentences?
The title of the article clearly states that "you might" and "here's why"
The article explains that there are 2 promontory viruses this year, A and B, with a form of B that has not exhibited in 30 years. The gurus who picked vaccine strains did not count on this.
It went on to state that B hit early. That leaves a lot of time to possibly get A
Nowhere, did it state your imaginary headline!
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Originally Posted by newtovenice
It's hey: You're gonna get sick 2x. [fear mongering]
The article clearly states: :
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Originally Posted by newtovenice
Hey: this year there are 2 strains. [fact] [fear mongering]
Mass delete of posts and replies to posts that discuss vaccines. There is a rule--NO VACCINE DISCUSSIONS. Take it to politics and other controversies or don't discuss it at all. It just causes arguments, you aren't going to convince anyone one way or the other, and it's too controversial.
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