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<blockquote data-quote="MDT" data-source="post: 2809983" data-attributes="member: 40"><p>No, the proteins of the killed virus stimulate your immune system to make antibiodies that will protect you should the influenza virus infect you. </p><p></p><p>Soonerfan, if your wife got the shot a month ago, and she seroconverted, then she would've been ok. there is a certain people that just may not seroconvert. it's not the shot's fault, your immune system just didn't do what it should've. not good or bad, it just is. you're correct in that the test isn't great. but it's the best there is out there. A and B are the types of influenza in the community (unless you have something like the avian flu...which you don't). tamiflu doesn't "cure" the flu...it simply make a really sucky 2 weeks a slightly less sucky 8-10 days. community expectations of viral cures are insane. viruses are viruses, no cure, only palliative care. tR is right, ibuprofen/tylenol/soup/bed. </p><p></p><p>here's the boiled down version....flu, flu-like illness, RSV, adneovirus, rhinovirus, there is nothing anyone can do about upper respiratory infections (URI's)...except suck it up, refuse the Z-pak that the doc will write for you (that's a whole other topic of ridiculousness) and just deal with it for 2 weeks.</p><p></p><p>i hope you guys feel better soon.</p><p></p><p>cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MDT, post: 2809983, member: 40"] No, the proteins of the killed virus stimulate your immune system to make antibiodies that will protect you should the influenza virus infect you. Soonerfan, if your wife got the shot a month ago, and she seroconverted, then she would've been ok. there is a certain people that just may not seroconvert. it's not the shot's fault, your immune system just didn't do what it should've. not good or bad, it just is. you're correct in that the test isn't great. but it's the best there is out there. A and B are the types of influenza in the community (unless you have something like the avian flu...which you don't). tamiflu doesn't "cure" the flu...it simply make a really sucky 2 weeks a slightly less sucky 8-10 days. community expectations of viral cures are insane. viruses are viruses, no cure, only palliative care. tR is right, ibuprofen/tylenol/soup/bed. here's the boiled down version....flu, flu-like illness, RSV, adneovirus, rhinovirus, there is nothing anyone can do about upper respiratory infections (URI's)...except suck it up, refuse the Z-pak that the doc will write for you (that's a whole other topic of ridiculousness) and just deal with it for 2 weeks. i hope you guys feel better soon. cheers [/QUOTE]
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