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...went to work Thursday and Friday at the stockroom of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side. But the symptoms worsened, and on Sunday she was hospitalized with severe breathing problems, fluid in her lungs, sputum tinged with blood and a 102[degree]F fever. By last Wednesday, Nguyen had succumbed to a galloping case of inhalational anthrax...
...Americans each year die of influenza. And this year in particular, the mayor suggested, getting a flu shot might be an especially good idea, since it could help doctors distinguish between flu and the deadly inhalational form of anthrax. How? Both anthrax and flu exhibit strikingly similar symptoms--fever, chills and muscle aches--in the early days of the infection. Physicians would be quick to suspect anthrax in anyone who was vaccinated against flu and still developed fever and chills. That would give them a better chance to identify any new victims of terror while their infection was still...
There are also plenty of reasons you might develop fever, chills and muscle aches that have nothing to do with either anthrax or flu. Indeed, doctors estimate that more than 80% of all flulike ailments each winter are caused by other groups of viruses, like the parainfluenza and picornavirus families. Getting vaccinated against flu can't protect you against suffering from these other respiratory ailments...
...Some people have some soreness in their arm, as with any shot. Occasionally, people get some body aches or a low-grade fever. They will not get the flu from the vaccine...
...Those who?ve had a serious allergic reaction in the past to flu shots, serious allergy to eggs, or history of Guillain-Barr? syndrome should not get a flu shot. Beyond that, the flu shot is pretty well tolerated, although doctors will sometimes tell patients who have a fever to come back in a week for the shot...