[CathyRyan]

The flu shot given each year is a "best quess" at what will be the flu outbreak for that year. The shot will not cover generic flu only the one it is designed for. If you get a flu shot and you are exposed/get a strain flu that it is not designed for you get the flu.

[aristeides]

If you get a flu shot and you are exposed/get a strain flu that it is not designed for you get the flu.

With no protection at all? (With something as virulent as this SARS seems to be, just a little resistance might be the difference between life and death.)

[CathyRyan]

quess = guess

Stick a fork in me I am done....night all

[vetvetdoug]

Don't forget the doctorine of antigenic sin. You have specific antibody to the first influenza virus you contracted that gets reproduced along with the new vaccine strain you get each year. That covers about four subtypes out of sixty four subtypes of this Orthomyxoviradae.

[MichaelDammit]

It gets worse....those bugs can do amazing things