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This is New information to ME about how long our flu shots last, so I thought I would Share it with you. Stay well, Love to All, Holly
Flu Vaccine Immunity: How Long Does It Last?
Saturday September 11, 2010
Traditionally, most Americans get their flu shots in the very beginning of flu season, generally October or November. As we talked about yesterday, however, the CDC is recommending that for the 2010-2011 flu season, we get our flu shots as early as August. But, given this early vaccination period, many people wonder, will this protect us for the entire year, or, will immunity fade after springtime?
Experts now agree that the latest research on flu shots supports that immunity provided by the flu vaccine can last well after influenza season is over and even into the following year. This is good news for COPD patients, who are at higher risk for complications related to the flu.
Remember, though, that prolonged immunity does not mean you should not continue to get an annual flu vaccine. CDC continues to recommend that people with a chronic illness like COPD get vaccinated each and every year.
For more information about how the flu shot can help protect against COPD exacerbation, read http://copd.about.com/od/copd/a/flushot.htm.
Flu Vaccine Immunity: How Long Does It Last?
Saturday September 11, 2010
Traditionally, most Americans get their flu shots in the very beginning of flu season, generally October or November. As we talked about yesterday, however, the CDC is recommending that for the 2010-2011 flu season, we get our flu shots as early as August. But, given this early vaccination period, many people wonder, will this protect us for the entire year, or, will immunity fade after springtime?
Experts now agree that the latest research on flu shots supports that immunity provided by the flu vaccine can last well after influenza season is over and even into the following year. This is good news for COPD patients, who are at higher risk for complications related to the flu.
Remember, though, that prolonged immunity does not mean you should not continue to get an annual flu vaccine. CDC continues to recommend that people with a chronic illness like COPD get vaccinated each and every year.
For more information about how the flu shot can help protect against COPD exacerbation, read http://copd.about.com/od/copd/a/flushot.htm.
I am still on the fence and I will go even if they make me sick. I walk into the hospital last year and still got another one.
What can I say......I will do it....trying to get my body up and out for it.
lol
ps those pig shot thing was awful last year when I didnt' do it when I could thru the school....they put it thru my nose. So I guess getting to the arm is much better.
Then it all started.....................yes my mind went crasy today! NO dought about it............I think I had the beginning of the flu time I got home, and I knew I was going to die....but then I forgot about it while shopping somewhere else..........darn it.
By the time I got home I started feeling something else going wrong and I knew it had to be that shot...................was it? NO WAY!!!!
Can I have a drink please.................really is it ok.....I need a strong one................I'll be find by tomorrow....
Then I can make up a bunch more systems going wrong over taking the damn flu shot.................
ONLY thing I do know is true is my arm is hurting from the jab into it.
OK I find.
I just need something strong then a coke.
what about a brownies? anyone got one please sent it fast....
OK I got the shot......
so stay away from babies? awww I don't see how you know when someone has nose thing?
ok well I got the shot no one is talking about the nose thing so far...so I am safe on fst base.