Saturday, November 15, 2014

Flu Vaccine

In the article" It's time to get your flu shot" it is written by By Val Willingham, CNN. He suggests that people have to take the flu vacsine right now as it is a massage from National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu vacsince has two sides,Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine says that  "Nearly 60% of the flu cases reported to the CDC last flu season were people between 18 and 64. That figure proves even the healthiest can come down with the flu". To avoid such a serious consequences, The CDC said The flu vaccine includes four influenza virus strains, and seems to be the best protection for this age group for the 2014-2015 flu season. In other article called "Read this before you get a flu shot" Sarah saied that the effectiveness of the flu vaccine depends on the age and on the immune system, whereas the weaker immune system are less effective. Also, the flu vaccine contains a preservative, thimerosal, that is 49 percent mercury, a known neurotoxin. So, you may need to connect with health care before taking this vaccine in case any allergy related with thimerosal. One other points is the virus mutates years by years; so the vaccine has to update. you could attack by one of 200 cold viruses, but it is less harm than flu. This is an valuable article. It give a brief introduction about the risk of flue. In main time i suggest each one has to read full article to get more benefit. 

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