I’m conflicted. I contacted a wicked flu last year that almost killed me. Nothing helped me. The antibiotic choices were running dry. I am young and healthy. The flu ran its course prior to “swine flu” being reported as the culprit. However, I was infected in the high risk areas of the US and brought it back to my state.
Do I get my first shot to prevent a worse version of this type of flu? Or am I immune to the virus since I survived last year’s hell?
And if I and over 50,000 others die because of this virus, what will you say then?
ANTIBIOTICS DO NOT WORK ON THE FLU.
Antibiotics work on bacteria. The Flu is a virus. If your doc prescribed an antibiotic for the flu, DROP HIM NOW.
The virus changes strains every year. The In late winter, they predict what strains may be around in the fall, since it takes several months to start making the vaccine. Sometimes they are wrong and the shot won’t help.
The reason they are worried about H1N1 is the 1918 (Spanish) flu was H1N1. That was the most deadly flu in recent human history. It was mild in the spring, but then it mutated and in the fall, it killed millions worldwide. More died from the flu than the fighting in WWI. They are taking precautions in case it mutates similarly this time.
This vaccine is made like all the rest of teh flu vaccines, year in and year out.