question about post-flu flu immunity.

Quoted message said:

hello,

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

py

People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the live
virus. Immunity is not a 100% thing and its duration is quite variable. However, the overwhelming
majority of those vaccinated will have well over a year's worth of immunity and also resistance to
similar strains.

Getting vaccinated is not an "affliction". It may be uncomfortable, but that is the side-effect of
[wait for it......] Stimulating the Immune System!

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Quoted message said:

hello,

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

py

Immunity to a specific flu virus after suffering the disease can last a very long time if your
immune system is functioning normally. The problem is that the flu virus is prone to both mutation
and "genetic drift," so that the influenza that is circulating this year may be enough different to
infect you even if you got the flu last year. That is why three different strains of flu are
included in every year's flu vaccine. In a few years, most of the world's population will be immune
to the strains in this year's vaccine, either through vaccination or from having got the disease, so
completely different strains will be selected for vaccination.

--Rich

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Ilsa9 said:

Quoted message said:

hello,

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

py

People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the live virus.

Down, boy. PY said "infections," not "injections."

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always
correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my
shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

(Jan) said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity. From: [email hidden] (David Wright)
Date: 12/13/2003 1:22 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id:
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In article said:

>hello,
>
>i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
>virus that just afflicted him? thanks.
>
>py

People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the
live virus.

Down, boy

Hmmm, boy.

As in Andrew Kingoff.

Quoted message said:

PY said "infections," not "injections."

Yet again Jan reveals her ignorance of common cliches and figures of speech, and illustrates her
concrete, literalist thinking.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity. From: [email hidden] (David Wright)
Date: 12/13/2003 1:22 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id:
<[email hidden]>

In article said:

>hello,
>
>i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same
>flu virus that just afflicted him? thanks.
>
>py

People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the live
virus.

Down, boy

Hmmm, boy.

<snip>

Would you have preferred he say, "Down, Jew Boy"?

Mark, MD

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Quoted message said:

Yet again Jan reveals her ignorance of common cliches and figures of speech, and illustrates her
concrete, literalist thinking.

Peter Bowditch

I think that Jan never got much past "Oh! Oh! See Spot run!" [turn page] "See Spot and Sally run!"

;o) Rich --> Many here probably are not old enough to remember [censored], Jane, and Sally.

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Peter Bowditch said:

(Jan) said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity. From: [email hidden] (David Wright)
Date: 12/13/2003 1:22 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id:
<[email hidden]>

In article <[email hidden]>, Ilsa9 <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>hello,
>>
>>i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same
>>flu virus that just afflicted him? thanks.
>>
>>py
>
>People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the live
>virus.

Down, boy

Hmmm, boy.

As in Andrew Kingoff.

Quoted message said:

PY said "infections," not "injections."

Yet again Jan reveals her ignorance of common cliches and figures of speech, and illustrates her
concrete, literalist thinking.

Apparently, she's also never owned, or possibly even seen, a dog.

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always
correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my
shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

(Mark) said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity. From: [email hidden] (David Wright)
Date: 12/13/2003 1:22 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id:
<[email hidden]>

In article <[email hidden]>, Ilsa9 <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>hello,
>>
>>i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same
>>flu virus that just afflicted him? thanks.
>>
>>py
>
>People aren't given "flu injections", they get a vaccine, which doesn't not contain the live
>virus.

Down, boy

Hmmm, boy.

<snip>

Would you have preferred he say, "Down, Jew Boy"?

In that context I think that Jan would prefer "Down Jew Dog"?

Quoted message said:

Mark, MD

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(Ilsa9) said:

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Yet again Jan reveals her ignorance of common cliches and figures of speech, and illustrates her
concrete, literalist thinking.

No, Peter, I must object to your characterization. Jan is, in fact, applying a form of logic,
alt-logic.

All Males are boys Andrew King*ff is a boy (male) Andrew King*ff is all boys

Ja|\|-itor is adept a sophistry ?

Sophistry is alt.speak.101

Ja|\|-itor is 101.
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(py) said:

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

You are permanently immune to that version of the virus ... unfortunately, it mutates continually,
and the virus you encounter next year may be different enough to make you sick again.

Tsu Dho Nimh

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When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking morality
and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life.

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity.
From: Tsu Dho Nimh [email hidden]
Date: 12/16/03 10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

You are permanently immune to that version of the virus ... unfortunately, it mutates continually,
and the virus you encounter next year may be different enough to make you sick again.

Quoted message said:

Tsu Dho Nimh

LOL TDN

So this is your concept. You have lifelong immunity to that virus but....the critters mutate yearly.

You do realize that you have absolutely no proof for what you have just stated.

That is, you have no proof that permanent immunity is possible, nor do you have proof that the virus
mutates yearly.

Such is the pitiful logic of the medical gods. Just believe us and bow to us...we are gods, we know
more than you are capable of knowing. We are
MDs...Medical Gods.

DrC PhD.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: question about post-flu flu immunity. From: Tsu Dho Nimh [email hidden]
Date: 12/16/03 10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id:
<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

i am curious how long a person recovered from a flu infection possesses immunity to the same flu
virus that just afflicted him? thanks.

You are permanently immune to that version of the virus ... unfortunately, it mutates
continually, and the virus you encounter next year may be different enough to make you
sick again.

Quoted message said:

Tsu Dho Nimh

LOL TDN

So this is your concept. You have lifelong immunity to that virus

but....the

Quoted message said:

critters mutate yearly.

You do realize that you have absolutely no proof for what you have just

stated.

Quoted message said:

That is, you have no proof that permanent immunity is possible, nor do you

have

Quoted message said:

proof that the virus mutates yearly.

Such is the pitiful logic of the medical gods. Just believe us and bow to us...we are gods, we
know more than you are capable of knowing. We are
MDs...Medical Gods.

DrC PhD.

Viruses can be preserved in laboratory storage for many years. Thus it is possible to test the
duration of immunity to a known strain, and not all knowledge of viral activity comes from
observation of the wild varieties in the general population.

Since genetic sequencing has become routine, the mutations and shifts in circulating flu viruses
have been tracked with remarkable accuracy. Of course, this is not acceptable proof for someone who
would not know the difference between DNA and chicken soup.

Your ignorance is showing again.

--Rich