Word: influenza
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...vaccine is that it protects against most flus--not that you're worried about contracting anthrax. While inhalational anthrax has killed only four people so far, many more could be at risk from flu-related complications. There's no need to compound the tragedy by making this year's influenza epidemic any worse...
...sounded like a good idea when New York City's Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, advised New Yorkers last week to get a flu shot. After all, 20,000 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...
...mayor's reasoning went. Unfortunately, there are a couple of problems with his logic. For one thing, getting vaccinated against influenza doesn't guarantee you won't get sick. Although highly effective, the flu vaccine protects against only the dominant strains and even then does not provide 100% protection. It takes a couple of weeks for your body to respond to the vaccine with a sufficient number of antibodies. Each year thousands of people who get the vaccine nevertheless still...
...Each influenza season, immunologists look at the strains that have been predominant in the rest of the world during the year, and try to decide which strains will be coming to our area. This year they?re using three different antigens to create the best vaccine against the types of flu coming here...
...Runny noses and sore throats are more likely seen with influenza, they?re not seen with anthrax...