Warwick Uni in UK have found a way of turning the flu virus into a vaccine - by genetically modifying it - the virus literally kills itself. This means that bird flu can now be dealt with. Hurrah!
2006-10-04 03:17:48 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Source - a BBC snipped on Radio 2 from a DJ. Try Lancet or Nursing Times or go to Warwick Uni site and see if they got press release etc.
2006-10-04 08:57:44 · update #1
To get press release about new flu research at Warwick Uni go to thier website and click press office. You'll find a story about flu vaccine research by Prof Nigel Dimmock.
2006-10-04 22:53:58 · update #2
I'm not having one, because I am not in the high risk categories, and I don't believe that I want to put a virus into my body, to get an antibody to it, if I don't need to.
However, I am hoping they dont' run out of the virus this year - there are a few people that I know that couldn't get it til really late last year.
However, if a specific bird flu virus vaccine comes along, then I might join the queue!!
2006-10-04 03:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by Smiler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had a Flu jab every year for around 10 years and in this time I can positively say that I have had no Flu, cold, or even a sore throat.
Some time back when you were given the injection you used to get a touch of the flu at first, but now days it has been refined and this no longer applies.
I think it is advisable to have it and go flu free, particularly the elderly.
2006-10-04 10:35:11 · answer #2 · answered by mykal_khattz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because I'm in my thirties and healthy so I am not in the high risk group. If there's a shortage of vaccines it's selfish for people who don't need the jab to get one.
As for bird flu, I never worried about it anyway. The so called pandemic hasn't materiallised and the only people who have died are people who share a house with their chickens.
2006-10-04 10:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by PETER F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won't be getting innoculated. I don't get ill really. I'm not the fittest guy in the world, but I haven't been bedridden ill since I was about 10 (that's 14 years). I've had a few head-colds, but their not so bad.
Besides, I'm not a fan of injections, I'll only have them for the major diseases.
great news about the bird flu cure, btw.
2006-10-04 10:27:32 · answer #4 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is wrong with spreading on the sofa for a week doing nothing and watching bad TV? I find funny adverts like 'Lemsip, because life doesn't stop'. Oh yes it does, I wouldn't get enough time off from work to recharge if it is not for the flu. Bring it on!
2006-10-04 10:31:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I have a phobia for needles. I hate them. Secondly, I never get the flu, or I may be getting it but I don't seem to notice that I have it (when I have it). I never really suffer so why put myself through the ordeal of a needle going into my skin if I don't have to. Even if it was absolutely necessary to keep me alive, I would still make a scene before I let somebody prick me with a needle.
2006-10-04 10:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been having it for the last 7 years and never had the flu since.
2006-10-04 10:27:54 · answer #7 · answered by LJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I do qualify to get one free I will likely not get one. The only years that I really have gotten the flu were years in which I received the shot.
Besides, the military has shot me up with enough stuff. I'll take my chances.
2006-10-04 10:26:04 · answer #8 · answered by Mee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Allergic to most injections, so I am not taking a chance on having a flu shot.
2006-10-04 10:24:50 · answer #9 · answered by nighttimewkr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will have the flu jab like I normally do providing they have enough this year.
2006-10-04 10:20:13 · answer #10 · answered by chelle0980 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋