DrHammy said:
Health care fail. Charging people large sums to clarify if they are in in need of even more expensive life saving medical treatment. Will be praying.
The H1N1 flu really is no different than the normal flu in most ways. The only reason you would need different medical treatment is if you are part of a high risk group. If you'd like more information about the H1N1 cause, onset, treatment, risk groups, etc... please visit the
CDC H1N1 website.
If you're not high risk Odale, I wouldn't worry about wasting the money to find out what strain it is... because it just doesn't matter. Just stay home and recuperate.
Ewoksrule said:
Did you take flu shots this year?
The seasonal flu shot does not include a vaccination to the H1N1 strain. It probably will next year, though. The flu shot is made to take out the most common strains of the influenza virus from last year. The shots for the H1N1 aren't available yet, even to the very high risk groups (kids, elderly, risk groups, medical professionals).
Side note about the shots. They don't contain every possible known flu strain, just the most common and most likely ones. So if you get the flu after a flu shot, you've gotten a different strain. Many people say that they got the flu because of the shot... but this is NOT possible. The shot contains dead virus matter, just enough to cause immunity to that strain. But a dead virus cell will not start regenerating just because it's been injected into a live host. If you get a flu shot and still get sick...you were going to get sick anyway. Otherwise, we'd see an outbreak of mumps, measles, rubella, typhoid, and a host of other illnesses after we vaccinate our children....who have no base immunity to these illnesses.
