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Anyone can catch the flu, and the CDC recommends that everyone who wants to be protected should get vaccinated. The agency reports that there is plenty of flu vaccine available. The current vaccine is designed to offer some protection against the Tamiflu-resistant strain...
...vaccinated people still need to worry about this flu strain...
Because there are many circulating strains of flu and no flu vaccine is 100% effective, you may still get sick even after getting a flu shot. If you are infected with the resistant strain, then Tamiflu will not relieve your symptoms...
Another antimicrobial, zanamivir, or Relenza, is still effective against the circulating Tamiflu-resistant strain. However, that drug, which is an inhaled powder, is not recommended for children under 7, for whom a combination of Tamiflu and an older drug, rimantadine, can be used to control the infection. Since every flu infection is made up of three different types of influenza virus, both Relenza and rimantadine still work to disarm the two types that are not resistant to Tamiflu...
...Does this flu strain make people more susceptible to avian...