Influenza weakens the immune response to bacteria. This is why so many people who catch the flu die of an opportunistic bacterial infection. Without the flu, the bacteria probably would not have made her ill at all.
53 posted on 12/28/2018 3:42:50 PM PST by exDemMom
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