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Flu vaccine

Flu vaccine

This is CDC Clinic Chief Nurse Lee Ann Jean-Louis extracting Influenza Virus Vaccine, Fluzone® from a 5 ml. vial.

Courtesy CDC/Jim Gathany.
This image is in the Public Domain.

Your Comments, Thoughts, Questions, Ideas

Random says:

i dont like the flu

posted on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 2:08pm
<em>mumzy</em>'s picture
mumzy says:

U r totally right because I got the 24 hour flu and threw up 15 times in four and a half hours.

posted on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 2:34pm
<em>Laurie</em>'s picture
Laurie says:

Remember influenza or "the flu" is a respiratory illness not gastrointestinal. It sounds like you had a food-borne illness aka food poisoning or stomach flu. This vaccine is for influenza and won't help with the stomach bugs.

posted on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 3:19pm

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