Here's an interesting tidbit: the flu shot this year does not actually protect against the flu.
As I explained earlier, because the flu is a virus that changes and mutates, a new vaccine must be put out each year to be effective against the current flu. Well, when the next year's flu shot is being developed, it's more or less educated guesswork. This year's flu shot was guessed wrong. It does not protect against the current strain at all. It stops a very rare form of the flu that is barely prevalent and not a concern.
If you've had the shot this year, don't panic, it's not harming you; it just isn't helping you. So the moral of the story is, wash your hands and drink your orange juice!
More general info on this vaccine: http://www.medicalconsumers.org/pages/FluVaccineisRarelyEffective.html
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