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Dave M Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 10:22 PM

1. It could mean the flu shot worked- but not against the particular strain you got 2. It could mean the flu shot worked-but only kinda-sort of. You got partial immunity and the flu wasn't as bad as it would have been. How would you know? You would have to have the blood test to compare the strain you got against the ones in the cocktail. 3. Or- heck. It just didn't work. How's that for a definitive answer?

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This Time I Mean It

Earlier this week I was whining about having what I declared to be "the fluh" which was the flu without the fever.

I am over it.

But, the flu - the real flu - is on a tear and this year may be the worst for "seasonal flu" in more than a decade.

Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has upped the ante and announced that this flu season is starting earlier, the virus is infecting more people, and this year's main strain (H3N2) may kill as many as 50,000 in the United States.

Let's...

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