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Originally Posted by jenh22  True, but I think one of the main problems with referring to all "flu like" viruses as "the flu", is that you commonly hear people say things like "I got my flu shot this year and still got the flu"
Some even believe that the flu shot caused their flu. (this is possible with flu mist, but not the shot) When in reality they probably had some other illness. |
People are really ignorant about what the seasonal flu shot protects you from. It drives me NUTS when people say "I got the flu shot but I still got the stomach flu", etc... I then try to explain that the flu shot only protects against the predicted 2 or 3 influenza strains that are/will be circulating. It doesn't protect against the stomach flu or a cold, etc...