can i get the flu after 2 months after i got the flu shot
2007-02-01 04:29:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yes, but if you do it shouldn't be as severe if it was the strain of flu you were vaccinated for.
2007-02-01 04:37:35 · answer #1 · answered by fishingbabe8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you get a flu shot, you're getting immunized against several strains of the flu which are prevelant that year. You won't ever get the flu that you're immunized against ever! Because the flu bug mutates and changes so frequently there are thosands of strains of it, so, either you:
1) Have a severe cold that's not the flu.
or a very unlikely second possibility:
2) You have caught a strain of flu that's not going around the globe this year and was not in the flu vaccine. This one is unlikely, but possible.
2007-02-01 04:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by TJTB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're worried about getting the flu, the very best advice I can
give you is: don't get the shot!
The last time I got a flu shot, about a decade ago, I got the flu--
and, yes... it was very severe!
2007-02-01 05:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by Pete K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are so many different strains of the flu that it is impossible to vaccinate against all of them.
2007-02-01 04:34:23 · answer #4 · answered by paula0005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure! The vaccines are usually targeting the strain that officials believe will be the most widespread in any given year,,:-)=
2007-02-01 04:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure it just won't be as severe...
2007-02-01 04:36:17 · answer #6 · answered by ?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋