Re: Pinhole Digest #545 - 12/29/00

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From: David Lauter (dyakov@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Dec 30 2000 - 16:15:19 PST 

From: "David Lauter" <dyakov@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Pinhole Digest #545 - 12/29/00
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:15:19 -0800
Message-ID: <01c072be$c284a700$5de76ed1@dyakov.ix.netcom.com>

Can shingles be triggered by a flu vaccine? A friend, who is a doctor,
recently came down with a case of the shingles soon after a flu shot. He
thinks there may be a connection. Perhaps someone can propose an hypothesis.
Maybe the strains this year are similar to the chicken pox virus and his
immune system went nuts.
    David Lauter

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Subject: FLU Vaccine
From: <SOXYTHECAT@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:41:35 EST

Is the flu vaccine different each year?
If so, how do THEY know what strain to use as a vaccine?

Not a student question.
My mom aked me this at Christmas dinner.

Thanks,
Regan Brooks

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Subject: Re: pinhole FLU Vaccine
From: "Paul Doherty" <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:20:32 -0800

Hi Regan

Each year they choose 3 different flu strains to include in the flu shot.
They guess which ones are most likely to be a problem this year.

Paul Doherty

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