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Post by Andy C on Jan 15, 2018 18:18:46 GMT
Tara, along with 3 other work mates at the hospital she works at, caught Measles last May, and all had the MMR jab. It caused quite a stir apparently. Public Health also said I couldn't go out, just in case I caught it (I didn't), so we were house bound for a week. Someone from PH came to our house dressed like a spaceman, and had to pass a swab kit through the window as they couldnt come in to the house. It was very strange!
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Post by PG on Jan 15, 2018 18:57:27 GMT
Tara, along with 3 other work mates at the hospital she works at, caught Measles last May, and all had the MMR jab. It caused quite a stir apparently. Public Health also said I couldn't go out, just in case I caught it (I didn't), so we were house bound for a week. Someone from PH came to our house dressed like a spaceman, and had to pass a swab kit through the window as they couldnt come in to the house. It was very strange! Conspiracy theory time - they told you it was measles, are you sure it was......
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Post by PG on Jan 15, 2018 19:04:33 GMT
...I have had flu once; well over a decade ago, my god it was horrible, anyone who says "I have flu" and has nothing more than a sniffle and maybe feeling a tad grim, just hasn't a clue what real flu actually is. Indeed. Once you've had proper full blown flu, you know that all the previous "flu's" you had were nothing of the sort.
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 15, 2018 22:21:26 GMT
...I have had flu once; well over a decade ago, my god it was horrible, anyone who says "I have flu" and has nothing more than a sniffle and maybe feeling a tad grim, just hasn't a clue what real flu actually is. Indeed. Once you've had proper full blown flu, you know that all the previous "flu's" you had were nothing of the sort. This. I’ve only had it the once. Temperature pushing 105F for three days and spent about 5 days in bed. Had to change the sheets each morning due to ludicrous amounts of sweating due to the fever. A really bad cold is trivial in comparison.
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Post by Alex on Jan 15, 2018 22:39:12 GMT
. I've never had flu since I started getting the jab so with a 100% record on a 1 in 3 bet I am off to put some money on the lottery! It's this year in particular that the effectiveness has been so low due to the particular strain of flu we're experiencing. It's not the case for every year. I read about it in New Scientist the other week. The reason why it is/isn’t effective is because it takes 6-8 months to produce the vaccine using hens eggs so the drug company has to, effectively, predict in advance which antibodies to put in that years vaccine. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don’t. That’s not to say it’s a shot in the dark because it’s based upon intensive research and also explains why they sometimes contain a vaccine against 3 or 4 strains as they choose the strains they feel most likely to circulate each year. That is also why you get a new vaccine each year. I also read that most adults will get flu once or twice a decade so if you get it this year you should at least avoid it the next.
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Post by alf on Jan 16, 2018 8:56:09 GMT
...I have had flu once; well over a decade ago, my god it was horrible, anyone who says "I have flu" and has nothing more than a sniffle and maybe feeling a tad grim, just hasn't a clue what real flu actually is. Indeed. Once you've had proper full blown flu, you know that all the previous "flu's" you had were nothing of the sort. Is this true though, or does flu hit you full-on occasionally, and just feel like a longer, more fevery cold the rest of the time? I often wonder. I had full blown flu when 20 at the peak of fitness (I had just finished training to lead my TA unit in the regional patrols competition) and spent 7 days in bed semi-delirious, losing half a stone (down to about 10!!!) and everyone I know has had this experience once or twice in a lifetime. But Flu is more common than that, and quite often I have a particularly long/nasty cold type thing when there is a flu epidemic. I did this time, and had something similar with a cracking headache when the swine flu epidemic was about. I differentiate these from a cold as they involve at least one night of fever and werid delirious dreams, also for me my nose/eyes tend to run less, but I feel lethargic and headachey. I get head colds about twice a year and have a spectacularly snotty nose and streaming eyes and sneezing, but am only properly ill for 2-3 days with them and them immediately feel better, the "semi flu" things are different. Personally, I think we get flu more than we think, but every now and then a particular strain our body does not like hits us for six. But still, most people saying "I've got flu" do indeed just have a head cold.
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 16, 2018 11:45:43 GMT
...I have had flu once; well over a decade ago, my god it was horrible, anyone who says "I have flu" and has nothing more than a sniffle and maybe feeling a tad grim, just hasn't a clue what real flu actually is. Indeed. Once you've had proper full blown flu, you know that all the previous "flu's" you had were nothing of the sort. I went to Moscow on a business trip a few years ago during the Swine Flu panic and caught flu (either in Moscow or on the flight there) - came down with it on my return and got confined to my flat for the entire time I was unwell as the office told me in no uncertain terms not to show my face until I was recovered, just in case it was Swine Flu.
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