But even if you do get the flu, the vaccine can protect against harsher complications.
If you do get the flu, Dolan recommends asking your doctor about anti-viral medications that may help.
It is important to note that you do not get the flu after receiving a flu shot.
When we get the flu, we just want to stay in bed and have someone care for us.
That said, it is still possible to get the flu, (a different circulating strain), but the chances are much less likely.
"The best thing you can do to protect yourself and your family is to get the flu shot, " Mayor Thomas Menino told reporters.
There is still an old school view on the emerging markets that if the U.S. gets a cold, then emerging markets get the flu.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all pregnant women get the flu shot (the nasal spray vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women) to protect them from the virus.
For a positive skin test, options may include avoiding the flu vaccine altogether and considering antiviral medicines if one does get the flu or receiving the vaccine slowly in small, divided doses while under close supervision.
In a contrast to U.S. policy, the World Health Organization recommends only six "priority populations" get "the flu jab, " as it's called in Britain.
She said she was expecting supplies to be replenished next month and noted that plenty of time remains to get the seasonal flu shot.
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Particularly make sure your kids have gotten it, because there have been a significantly higher number of children killed under H1 -- who get H1N1 than those who just get the seasonal flu.
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Meanwhile, get your flu shot, because the flu mutates so fast that we need a new vaccine every year to keep ahead of it.
In a typical year, about 100 million people in the United States get flu shots and a fair amount of leftover vaccine must be destroyed at the end of the season.
If you did get the vaccine but still came down with the flu, you might wonder if the vaccine caused the illness.
Nardini says they both slept better and had more energy, and she didn't get a cold or the flu all month as she usually does in the winter.
If you did get the vaccine, but still came down with the flu -- did the vaccine cause the illness?
All patients hospitalized with flu should get the antivirals, she said, even before the strain they have is confirmed by a laboratory test.
They push people to get vaccinated before they catch the flu, and individuals with health issues who might be more vulnerable can take extra precautions.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked employers to encourage their most vulnerable workers to get both the traditional and H1N1 flu vaccines as soon as possible.
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Most of the time, people who get sick from swine flu have been in contact with pigs, and the virus doesn't spread from person to person.
Even pregnant women, who are usually urged not to take medication which can be dangerous for a fetus, should take the antivirals if they get swine flu, she said.
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"What the epidemiologists are seeing now with this particular strain of U.N. is that the severity of the disease, the severity of the flu -- how sick you get -- is not stronger than regular seasonal flu, " Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday as the worldwide number of confirmed cases of swine flu -- technically known as 2009 H1N1 virus -- topped 1, 080.
In the UK, only people aged over 65 or in at-risk categories are advised to get a flu jab, with take-up in the elderly category averaging between 72% and 75%.
With the U.S. government expected to begin a large-scale vaccination effort next month against the H1N1 flu virus, Obama said the first family will not get any special consideration compared to other Americans.
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But during the 2011-2012 flu season, only 47% opted to get vaccinated, according to the CDC.
Vaccinated people in that age group had only a 9 percent lower chance of going to the doctor with flu symptoms from the main virus than people who didn't get the shot.
Getzlaf could barely get out of bed with a case of the flu, lasting just five minutes at the morning skate and taking only one faceoff during the game.
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