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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,440
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,440
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H1N1 flu
The H1N1 (Swine flu) we have now is different than the one in 1976.
http://www.medicinenet.com/swine_flu/page7.htm
The one in 1976 is a variant of H1N1 and is known as A/New Jersey/19776 (H1N1).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no01/05-0965.htm
These are both A types. It is true about the deaths, etc. from the vaccine in 1976. My Mom had the vaccine with no consequences. But a friend got GBS after having the vaccine back then.
I won't be getting any kind of flu shot anyway. I never have and I won't be getting one. I did have the Asian Flu in 1957 and the Hong Kong flu in 1968. These were both pandemics and there was no vaccine back then. They were not fun but I survived both of them.
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