Posted on 02/13/2005 1:38:33 PM PST by JesseJane
FIRST IDENTIFIED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
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In the tradition of the Hong Kong flu and Spanish influenza, please welcome ``A/California/7/2004 (H3N2).'' Or you can just call it A/California for short. It's a distinct strain of the flu that turned up here last fall and has recently been certified unique by federal health officials.
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And it is unknown if this year's influenza vaccine offers any protection against it. But doctors are encouraging people who have not yet received a flu shot to roll up their sleeves and get one soon. [snip].
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More sophisticated tests carried out at the CDC confirmed in January that this was a virus no one had ever seen before.
The patient has since recovered.
Scientists are quick to point out that the flu strain didn't necessarily start here. [snip]
[snip]The virus is changing all the time wherever it goes,'' said Dr. Robert Schechter, medical officer for the immunization branch of the California Department of Health Services.
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(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
I can think of a number of diseases/viruses that should be named for California (or perhaps San Francisco), but a flu strain isn't one of them.
And you thought California wasn't hip anymore.
:) me too
It's not nearly as hip as snorting mouse turds to get Hanta Virus.
Not to mention we have plague here too.
Dude, I'm all, "that's hella bogus."
I saw a documentary 'bout that at the movie theAYter.
< /California accent >
LOL...
Omagawwwwwwd, I like totally saw that um like with Tiffany and her friend Loganwhowassohot, but we couldnt stay for the whole thing cuz Briahna called crying and was like, seriously... / :)
those girls all moved away....its either spanish, russian or armenian in the Valley now
Well, I didn't like give their last names..........you know, privacy......duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! LOLOL!! :)
I went out of my way to get a flu shot this year, and three months later I caught the flu. It was bad too, I hadn't been that sick in twenty years.
I never get a flu shot.. ever.
I got the HongKong flu once and lost 11 pounds in 3 days. THAT is my kind of diet!!
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