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Yes I got a Flu shot this season and have not got the Flu (so far) 166 61.25%
Yes I got a Flu shot this season and still got the Flu 23 8.49%
No I did not get a Flu shot this season and have not got the Flu (so far) 71 26.20%
No I did not get a Flu shot this season and I did get the Flu 6 2.21%
I don't know if it was the Flu but I was sick as a dog 5 1.85%
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Old 01-21-2018, 01:30 PM   #61
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Got the 'super-dooper' flu shot (for seniors), no flu yet. One of the gals in my building is in the ICU from flu & pneumonia.
She passed away today.
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Sad. This year's flu is nasty, nasty.
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Sorry, for some reason she was on my mind earlier today. Condolences to her family and friends
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If we had the medical care of the the 1918s I wonder if this flu wouldn't have a similar result. We haven't had whole communities brought to their knees as happened then but if this hits developing countries as it has here there would be many deaths.

Scares me to death as SIL has a serious lung disease.
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If we had the medical care of the the 1918s I wonder if this flu wouldn't have a similar result.
Here is an excellent article explaining why researchers say the 1918 flu strain was so deadly:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276060.php

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[Researchers] found that a human H1 virus that had been circulating among humans since around 1900 picked up genetic material from a bird flu virus just before 1918 and this became the deadly pandemic strain.
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... the further away the new strain is genetically from the ones the body has previously been exposed to, the more different the surface proteins, the less effective the antibodies and the more likely that infection will take hold.

This is what the authors suggest happened to the young adults in the 1918 pandemic. In their childhood around 1880 to 1900, they were exposed to a supposed H3N8 virus that was circulating in the population. This virus had surface proteins that were very different from those of the H1N1 pandemic strain. Their immune system would have made antibodies, but they would have been ineffective against the H1N1 virus.
Note that the 1918 flu killed predominately young adults, those who had no previous exposure/immunity to the H1 flu strain.
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The flu is running rampant in my company. Yesterday one of the secretaries stuck her head in my office telling me at length how she just couldn't get over it. I think it's too soon for me to vote.
Makes me wonder if one reason I have avoided it so far - and in general have only had 1 cold in the last couple of years - is due to working from home, where I'm only in the office once every 10 days or so.
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I hope it goes away quickly. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluid. Hope you have a wonderful time in Australia.

I did get the flu shot. We are flying to FL on 2/9 and on a cruise ship 2/10. There are 4 of us ladies going and I hope that none of us get sick.
Thank you. Today is day 4 and the first day without a fever. It feels like I have a cross between a cold and a flu. I think I will be OK to fly on Friday.

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Today is day 4 and the first day without a fever. It feels like I have a cross between a cold and a flu. I think I will be OK to fly on Friday.
That's good news. Glad to hear you are on the mend and will be able to make the trip.
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The temp is the flu. My Portland grandchildren had the throw-up version, they were over it in 36 hours.

I worry about my DD's family particularly my SIL, he has pulmonary fibrosis.
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DD just texted me that like half of her preschool class, her four-year-old has 102 temperature and the other flu symptoms ☹️ In spite of getting the flu shot. Tough year.
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I just got back from the doctors office - confirmed my second bout of flu. This time Type B, and early enough for Tamiflu. We will see if it is any more unpleasant than last time.
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Second bout this flu season?
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Yikes!

I assume the first time was type A?
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It was H3N2, which I believe is type A. Too congested and tired to go find the paperwork.
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It was H3N2, which I believe is type A.
Yes, H3N2 is type A and is the prevalent bug this flu season.

What absolutely rotten luck to get struck by two strains in one season! Take it easy and stop associating with whoever you've been hanging with this winter or you might end up with strike three!!!
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I had the shot, as did the rest of my household. Older son and I both got flu like symptoms - but no fever... so it wasn't the flu... just a normal viral crud that seemed to hang on.

San Diego county has had 145 flu deaths so far. At least two were in a senior community near us - they had closed the dining room for eating in - and were doing room service for those that wanted food that way. They'd also closed the gym, etc. I was supposed to attend a community meeting there (about a big proposed development adjacent to this community) but they canceled because of the flu risk.

My sons (and I) volunteer at another senior community. They haven't been as hard hit - but they have discontinued the coffee/cocoa service that was in the common areas - too much risk of transfer when folks are messing with the cups/lids/stirrers. My sons were bummed - they joke that they volunteer for the hot cocoa.

Wash your hands a lot folks!
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Still no flu shot and have managed to enter and leave a Walgreens unpunctured.

I keep thinking one of these days I will be tackled and held down while one of their people administers my FREE FLU SHOT!
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Was out collecting food for soup kitchen today. The haul from Fresh Market was very light. My Fresh Market "partner in crime" told me there was no one to collect candidate food items. They are <50% staffing from flu.
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