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I've not had a cold for four years.:)

I think smoking kills the germs.:D

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I've had the flu jab twice and got the flu twice!!! When i dont have the flu jab i dont get flu - so not having it again. By the way im one of those who is supposed to have it my doctor offers it me every year but no way am i having it again.

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Well to be perfectly honest, I think the flu jab is the best way to kill off our elderly :(

Every year the ones that have the flu jabs in nursing homes, end up with horrendous chest infections and pneumonia .
I have watched this happen for years.

I personally will NEVER have one!!

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I had mine on Tuesady, and have felt a little stiff ever since.

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Whats his name?? :D

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I had a flu jab 2 weeks ago with absolutely no ill effects but what I, as a lay person, don't understand is how the vaccine can protect you against all the different flu viruses. There are so many strains of flu, some of them mutating from earlier viruses, that I can't see how they can all be covered. If the vaccine only protects the lungs against viral infection of any sort, why is there a separate pneumonia vaccine?

Colds are a different matter. It annoys me when someone has a heavy, feverish cold and says they've got flu, when you have real flu you appreciate the difference.

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The World Health people decide which strain are most likely to be a threat
HPA | Seasonal Influenza | Vaccine
This winter we have a combo of 3

You were lucky Westender - I felt weary for a week and slept a lot.

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I was fine after last year's jab, but I was also sleepy and aching after this one.

Lasted three days, but now feel grand.

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ive had a cold now for 2 weeks and its only just going now, ive not had a cold or flu in 7yrs, and now i think their is a cold epidemic

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try lots of garlic

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I have heard, crushed up garlic in your shoes, is good for your chest if you have a chest infection.
After about 1 hour you can smell the garlic on your breath, as your body has absorbed it.

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Wouldn't it be easier and more pleasant just to eat the garlic? :(

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Or go to your GP instead of using you little big sister's witch potions :rolleyes::D

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But brush your teeth and use a mouthwash before you go. :D

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Geeeeeeeeez I only said I had heard......

I have also heard there is no oxygen on the moon, but I have never been :rolleyes::)