Re: Flu Shot, Yea or Nay?

what about defense, encourage employees to stay home if sick, washing
hands frequently, using lysol wipes on frequently touched items, shared
phones, door handles, bathroom stall doors and knobs. I understand there is
a shortage of anti viral drugs, does anything else work? cipro?
I understand europe has a larger stash but this will probably be a world
wide outbreak and no one will give up stashes.

Also once you get this strain of flu and recover, can you get the same
strain again or are you immune from strain of flu?



<doctcw@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1128871731.422810.8780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I jsut had a conversation with the head of the health department here
> in San Antonio. He is a pediatrician and we were both making rounds. He
> says that it would take 6-12 months to develop a vaccine against Avian
> flu, but the federal government seems ready to make that committment if
> necessary.
>
> He also told me that they now suspect that person to person
> transmission has already occurred in some families, which would imply
> that a mutation has already occurred to allow that to happen.
>
> In any event, there is nothing we can do at this time, so let's just
> observe what happens.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> Don Strevel wrote:
>> I would get the shot, but I do every year. If we wash our hands, (good
>> personal hygiene) use bleach when using the dishwasher or washing dishes
>> by
>> hand so as to not convey bacteria... we lessen the opportunity to
>> contract/convey these diseases.
>>
>> One flaw in bacteria is that we always look at the other person but do
>> not
>> do our personal part. The guy that picks his nose, coughs and does not
>> use
>> a napkin then points at the other person for less.
>>
>> --
>> Many Thanks, :)
>> Don Strevel, Las Vegas, NV.
>> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for an autoresponder message.
>> "Ace*" <avlvsveryown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1128743340.650180.254490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > As most of you are probably aware, the worst flu pandemic
>> > in recorded history is going to strike this year (of course it seems
>> > that most years we've been told that already.)
>> > Now I'm one of those people who hasn't had the flu since childhood
>> > and who also has never received a flu shot. I've heard dozens of
>> > people over the years proclaim that right after receiving a flu shot
>> > they came down with a violent case of the flu.
>> > So, I'm uncertain of how to proceed this year. I'm sure a few of
>> > you are experiencing the same dilemma.
>> > Seeing as how Vegas virtually has the whole world passing through it,
>> > it seems it would be a likely place to catch some exotic flu bug.
>> > So what's been your personal experience regarding flu shots?
>> > And what's your opinion on getting one?
>> >
>


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