Five dead, 965 infected with H1N1 after outbreak in Alberta
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/03/five-dead-965-infected-with-h1n1-after-outbreak-in-alberta/

Hmmm, haven't had a shot yet. not sure if I should.

I just put a note up to remind myself to get the shot...

Get that shot, Mema! For those of us uninsured it's about thirty bucks. Some employers will reimburse the expense, exp those in the Food and Hospitality industry.
I heard on the news that we are having an outbreak here in Atlanta. I usually get the flu every year and since I've been getting vaccinated, I only get a mild cold.

I am Oreo... I promise!!!

So what you all need is at least two flu shots, as each covers one strain. So if you don't get all the strains covered it is not helping much at all. So one for the PIG flu and one for the Hong Kong....maybe there is a great deal for both like a 10% discount.

Got it.. Btw.. It hurt.. Hahaha

Wrong Reminder . The one shot covers both.

Good girl Mema. You get a sucker now lol

Thanks!!!!!!

Not so , it comes by the strain...depends what strain going around. Sometimes they do the shots for the wrong strain...and i am right on this...read it...so this is the loud and clear proof it don't work unless the flu shot is match the exact strain... Read on CDC....

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/change.htm

How the Flu Virus Can Change: Drift and Shift

Influenza viruses can change in two different ways.

One is called antigenic drift. These are small changes in the virus that happen continually over time. Antigenic drift produces new virus strains that may not be recognized by the body's immune system. This process works as follows: a person infected with a particular flu virus strain develops antibody against that virus. As newer virus strains appear, the antibodies against the older strains no longer recognize the newer virus, and reinfection can occur.

On February 27, 2013, VRBAC met and approved for the United States the following WHO-recommended composition for the Northern Hemisphere 2013-2014 influenza vaccineExternal Web Site Icon:
an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
an A(H3N2) virus antigenically like the cell-propagated prototype virus A/Victoria/361/2011;
a B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like (B/Yamagata lineage) virus.
Compared to the 2012-2013 seasonal influenza vaccine, the H1N1 component is the same, the H3N2 component is the same*, and the B component is different.

This season, most seasonal influenza vaccines will have the above-listed three virus components, but some quadrivalent (four-component vaccine) will also be available. Quadrivalent vaccine this year includes the three viruses listed in the bullets above, and also a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like (B/Victoria lineage) virus.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/vaccine-selection.htm

LIke I said..you are wrong. The 2013 Flu shot covers 3 to 4 different strains INCLUDING the H1N1.

A woman in my hometown here on the Texas coast is in the hospital in critical condition from H1Ni flu. I took the flu shot, but some of my kids and grandkids did not, and several have had the flu and are better. It's scarey.

The way it goes i got to get in to the ostrich eggs business, as the flu shots have to be cultured in a giant eggs for all this different types of viruses.