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Will Your Flu Shot Protect You Against Swine Flu?
ScienceNOW Daily News ^
| 28 April 2009
| Jon Cohen
Posted on 04/29/2009 11:03:48 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: Ancesthntr
I take vitamin D also, but nowhere near 2000 IU. Is there ever a danger of taking too much vitamin D?
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posted on
04/30/2009 2:15:39 AM PDT
by
Mila
To: advance_copy
-no, you aren’t.
It’s a very convenient “crisis”
-and after nothing happens, they can claim they averted a pandemic.
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posted on
04/30/2009 2:37:17 AM PDT
by
FBD
(My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/30/2009 2:45:41 AM PDT
by
gunnyg
To: Mila
To my undertanding, you get about 10,000 IU from less than a half hour of full body sun exposure, so 2,000 IU doesn’t sound particularly problematic.
I know Vitamin C is water soluble, and dosage is to tolerance, meaning if you start having digestive issues, back off the daily intake until you no longer have problems.
To: Mila
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posted on
04/30/2009 3:37:00 AM PDT
by
orlop9
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping! (Thanks, neverdem!)
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posted on
04/30/2009 7:26:23 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: neverdem
What about people who got the swine flu vaccine from 30 years ago?
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posted on
04/30/2009 8:47:37 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(We sleep safe..because rough men stand ready..to visit violence on those who would do us harm-Orwell)
To: neverdem
I want to know if my Pneumonia shot will protect me against the pneumonia from the swine flu?
sw
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posted on
04/30/2009 8:50:09 AM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: pissant
Since it doesnt even work for any other flu either.
Completely false.
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posted on
04/30/2009 8:52:47 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: GOPJ
What about people who got the swine flu vaccine from 30 years ago?
If I got the flu last year, will I have immunity against the flu this year?
In general, a person who is infected with an influenza virus one year will have some immunity to closely related viruses that may persist for one or more years. For example, if someone was infected with the A/New Caledonia/20/99-like strain of H1N1 that predominated during the 2006-07 season, they are likely to have some immunity that will protect them if they are exposed to that strain or a closely related strain again during the 2007-08 season. The degree of protection depends on the health of the person involved. Young and healthy people with normal immune systems will likely have good immunity against the same or closely related strains of virus from one year to the next. However, people with weakened immune systems are less likely to have immunity that carries over in other years. It's important to remember that influenza viruses are constantly changing so antibody made against one strain will become less effective against new strains as influenza strains evolve over time. In addition, there are different types of influenza viruses circulating and different variants within virus types, and the same type of flu virus does not necessarily circulate each year. For instance, during the 2006-07 flu season, influenza A (H1N1) viruses predominated; however, infection with an influenza A (H1N1) virus (and subsequent antibodies protecting against re-infection with the same virus) would not provide protection against influenza B or influenza A (H3N2) viruses.
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posted on
04/30/2009 8:54:54 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: RegulatorCountry; orlop9
Many, many thanks to both of you kind Freepers for the good information.
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posted on
04/30/2009 9:52:48 AM PDT
by
Mila
To: neverdem
Where do I go to get a vaccine against all the Obamabullshite?
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posted on
04/30/2009 9:54:54 AM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
(My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
To: hosepipe
If a Muslim contracts the “Swine” flu the he is an infidel and must be killed by true believers. It’s in the Ko-ran. /sarc. ???
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posted on
04/30/2009 9:59:29 AM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
(My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
To: spectre
The pneumonia shot is for Pneumococcal pneumonia (aka Streptococcus Pneumoniae), so it would help to head off a pneumococcal pneumonia, but not a pneumonia caused by a different kind of bacteria. Bottom line: it helps, but won’t totally protect, as there are many different organisms which cause pneumonia (although Pneumococcal is one of the most common AND most deadly; it’s what killed Jim Henson).
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:17:54 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
To: Mila
You can have ill effects from too much Vitamin D. However, the same applies to water.
From what I’ve read, the upper limit on a consistent daily dosage before there’s a danger is 10,000 IU. I know people who take 50,000 each 2 weeks (plus, of course, what they get in their diet, which amounts to a few hundred a day), but if you average that out it is under 3,500 IU/day.
I, personally, wouldn’t take more than 5,000/day unless a doc told me to do so. What you take, or how much you receive via the Sun, in any one particular day, or even week, is of fairly low significance. You should be in absolutely no danger at 2,000 IU/day (though, of course, I’m not only not a doctor, I’m not your doctor, so this isn’t medical advice, yada, yada, yada) - and I take that much myself and have for a couple years. No ill effects, just less sickness (despite my horrid sleep habits, which by all rights ought to run down my immune system).
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:26:59 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
(Tyrant: "Spartans, lay down your weapons." Free man: "Persian, come and get them!")
To: Ancesthntr
Thank you so much for your very helpful input on this. I think I’ll go with 2000 IU/daily and see what happens. I take a small supplement and try to sit for at least 15 minutes in the direct sunlight everyday, but I can see how that is just a drop in the proverbial bucket.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:58:16 AM PDT
by
Mila
To: orlop9
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posted on
05/01/2009 6:35:50 AM PDT
by
sweetiepiezer
(I have a Pal in Sarah)
To: All
Living in Phoenix, I think I am covered in the Vitamin D department.
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posted on
05/01/2009 3:08:45 PM PDT
by
riri
To: Ancesthntr
There is something to this Vitamin D recommendation.
A couple of years ago I was standing in line for a flu shot and struck up a conversation with a nice gentlemen.
When I asked him if he was geting a shot, he replied “No. I came here to bring my wife because she wants the shot. I, myself, have never had a flu shot nor have I ever had the flu.”
The gent was 80 years old, and a lifelong farmer, exposed to umpteen doses of natural Vitamin D from the sun!
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posted on
05/01/2009 3:14:27 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Waterboard Nancy Pelosi!)
To: whatisthetruth
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