"My doctor told me that I should NOT be getting a flu shot until I'm in my late 50's and that's ten years away. I may get one this year, anyway. Just in case."
Get one. If the H5N1 does spread, it will be hard for the Docs to differentiate between plain old flu and this killing machine until it's too late. If you do get sick and you've had the flu shot you stand a better chance of getting more aggressive treatment to stop the cytokine storm H5N1 triggers as they will rule out plain old flu as the culprit. If you don't get the shot they will most likely wait and see what happens for another day or so and you'll have a 60% chance of being a goner if you are in your prime, hardy and hale.
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HALE....past my prime.... and my only "Hardy" goes with Laurel.....Just spoke to my wife and we've agreed to get the shot asap.
