People receive flu shots to build immunity to several varieties of the flu virus.
I bet it is to prevent the Flu.
After a person receives a vaccination the bodies immunity system starts to prepare antibodies hence the person with a flu shot has greater chances of fighting aganist the disease
The swine flu shot is used to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu if you already have it. To treat the flu, antiviral medications are more likely to be prescribed, such as Tamiflu.
Yes, it's a vaccination that helps you prevent the swine flu infection.
They can. Flu vaccinations are not 100% effective in all people and the vaccine must match the virus types circulating to prevent that type of flu exactly or very close for it to work. See the related questions below for more details.
A flu shot will prevent the type of influenza virus or viruses that have been used to make the vaccine. A,nd it may sometimes protect against a different, but very similar, strain.
To find a flu shot clinic, check the government website "flu". The site gives information about the flu, how to prevent or treat it if you catch it. There is also a locator on the site to give locations for places that provide vaccines that are near your area.
In theory the shot could prevent you from catching the flu. However, I know people who have had bad reactions to the shot and developed flu symptoms because of it- essentially negating the benefit of the shot.
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A flu shot clinic is a place where you can go to receive the flu vaccine. During flu season these clinics are set up so that more people can be seen to receive the vaccine.
Yes, each year in the US approximately 36,000 people die from the flu; most did not have a flu vaccination.
So that you don't get infected with the flu, because in some people it can be quite fatal.