Friday, November 13, 2009

Flu Injection Ineffective against Swine Flu

Kristine had her flu injection on Wednesday, her first day of school after 7-day home (and super happy) quanrantine due to a mild fever.

These are our conversation after school on Wednesday:
"Did nurses come to your school (to adminster the injections)?"
"No, that was done in a hospital."
"How did you goto the hospital?"
"In the same school bus that took me to school."
"Whats the name of the hospital?"
"I dont know. It looked old and '烂' (decrepit)."
"Did any of classmates cry?"
"4 cried before the injection because they were nervous, but nobody cried after that".
"Did you distribute your chocolate bars to your friends who didnt cry?"
"Yes. None of them cry."

This article came from Bloomberg today:

"Seasonal flu shots didn't protect against the new swine flu strain that's now responsible for 99.6 percent of U.S. infections, according to a federal study".

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a.HdTk60eNz0

For Kristine (and soon Kimberley as well), her next flu reaction should not be ordinary seasonal flu.


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