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Flu and Flu Vaccine
1. What is the flu?
short for influenza
a respiratory illness
caused by influenza viruses
symptoms
aches
fevers
diarrhea
sore throats
tiredness
tends to spread in the winter
lower humidity
more time indoors
2. Effects of the flu
the Spanish flu
a flu epidemic
in 1918
killed as many as one hundred million people
these days
medicine's advancement
not serious
3. What happens when you get vaccinated?
A vaccine
contains weakened/killed viruses
inside your body
build antibodies
fight it off
people with weakened immune system
babies
the elderly
expectant mothers
people who are already sick
different starins/versions
different genetic makeup
more prominent than the others
we can get the flu
a different strain
Doctors/scientists
anticipate which strains