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Thanks Laurie, I will give that a try.

Smiles to you,

Re: Confused about flu shots

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> >>>>>> My pediatrician's office wants my kids to get shots and they have

> >>>>>> both the shot and the mist. One doc said...definitely get the mist

> >>>>>> it works better. Another pediatrician in the same office STRONGLY

> >>>>>> suggested to get the shot, not the mist as the shot has dead virus

> >>>>>> in it and the mist has live virus in it....Anyone want to weigh in

> >>>>>> on this mystery? My kids were psyched to not get a

> >>>>>> shot....now they're petrified to get the shot.

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> >>>>> I have another post discussing live and dead virus - upshot is, it

> >>>>> may not matter. Having a biochemistry background, it doesn't make

> >>>>> ANY sense to me to have both the shot and mist, sounds like someone

> >>>>> is getting residuals from pharmaceutical companies. They do act a

> >>>>> bit different, but why make your immune system exposed to two

> >>>>> different bugs at the same time?

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> >>>>> In the U.S., what I've heard is they are not recommending healthy

> >>>>> people below the age of 65 to get a flu shot, which would include

> >>>>> kids (even infants). Of course the older people I know are not

> >>>>> getting the flu shot...

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