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I am a great believer in the flu injections, but what has worried me this year has been reports of it being relatively ineffective in America. The flu injection is based on a number of strains and predictions of the doctors and if they predict the wrong strains that will be common that year, then the flu injection does not really help at that time. Luckily the authorities are apparently working on this and new strains will be added to the flu injection that will be available in South Africa late in April, to deal with what was in fact the dominant strain of flu in America during their winter. That is particularly important because they got hit very hard with much nastier strains of flu than in recent years and obviously a virus that deals with those will be of great benefit to anybody who works, the young and of course the elderly, who are always at risk of dying from flu.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Friday 27-Mar-15
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Joyce said:
on Wednesday 01-Apr-15 04:55 PM
I think taking flu injection every year made me believe it works
Sinead said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 04:56 PM
I don't think it works and I really am not looking forward to getting it
Sally said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 03:56 PM
There is no guarantee that the flu injections work.
Juliet said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 10:45 AM
There is no proof it works. It is a personal choice in taking it. It is not like vaccinations which are important.
Kaylee said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 08:32 AM
Well after having the flu injection I never got sick at all last year so I am pro the injection. You do feel a bit off for a day or two but I really think it does work. I hate taking medication and would rather struggle through the pain than take a pill so I would rather prevent getting any form of illness. Proactive rather than reactive?
lucretia said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 08:25 AM
I get the flu injection every year because I am forced to do so. Does it work, who knows! I still get the flu, some say, it would have been worse had I not had the injection, are they correct, well that is debatable. Some doctors are for the flu injection, others not - with odd's like that, clearly no one REALLY knows if it works.
Nikita said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 08:18 AM
I had the flu injection for the first time last year - still on the fence about whether or not it actually works. Even though I am petrified of needles I think I will give it a try again this year. The flu has already started thanks to the change of season.
Clare said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 08:13 AM
I don't believe in the Flu injection actually in general i don't find they work, my son had the all his injection and he has had chicken pox and everything as well so we pay for these injections and still get sick so it does really change much.
david said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 07:49 AM
seems little point in injecting yourself with last year's flu virus.
it is a virus, and changes every year...
Daria said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 07:39 AM
Flu injections are always a 50/50 chance. you never know how your body will react to it. the flu virus is such a complex thing that it constantly adapts to all the cures that people find.
Sandra said:
on Friday 27-Mar-15 07:30 AM
I had a flu injection once and never again, I got sick about 2 months later from flu anyway. It didn't work on me
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
