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yes, you can. You cannot be a carrier of the Flu. However you can of come into contact with someone who was infected with the Flu & of had some of the Flu "germs" on you yourself & then pass this onto a friend or someone you come into contact with. You would not become infected with this providing its the same strain of Flu you've had yourself as your body will still have some immunity against this & you will be immune. Yes, you can. There are multiple forms of influenza virus (which cause the flu), and these different flu viruses mutate slightly from year to year (which is why there is a new flu vaccine each year against the predicted dominant strain). If you meet a flu virus which is quite different from those you have encountered before, you will probably get a bad case of flu. But if you have already had a similar virus and developed some immunity, you will only get a mild case which you might dismiss as an ordinary cold, or not even notice. Then you will become a "carrier" for the duration of your mild infection and be able to pass the virus on to someone else. This can't be generalized to all other viruses, though (or bacterial infections). The vast majority of infectious agents don't mutate in the way the influenza virus does. But there are certainly some other infections where you might have such a mild case that you don't notice you are ill.

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14y ago

No. But that would be a wonderful way to get immunity!

When you get a vaccination, it is almost the same thing as getting the Swine Flu without symptoms. The flu shot contains weakened or inert ("dead") virus particles that can not give you the disease or symptoms of it, but make your body think you have it, so your immune system will produce an immune response and make the antibodies to fix it so you will not catch the flu after that, since your body has already created the defenses needed to keep it out.

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11y ago

It might seem so to some people sometimes, but usually there will be symptoms even if mild. Sometimes they are too mild to even be noticed by the person with the flu. If you have the flu without symptoms, you are a very lucky individual.

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12y ago

People have not been found to be carriers of the swine flu (without being infected or ill) even though it is highly transmissible and has spread rapidly.

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Can you carrry the stomach virus to someone else if you have not gotten sick

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A "carrier" of an infectious disease is someone who is infected but doesn't have symptoms; therefore, you can't be a "carrier" unless you have chickenpox.

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