Between December, Colds and Influenza

This is the time of year when doctors worldwide to advise the elderly, children and vulnerable people to come to their offices to receive vaccination against influenza. It is very important to get this in proportion, because what these three have in common?

For those without a robust immune system, influenza can indeed be critical. Remember this history, between 1918 and 1919 a flu pandemic killed 70 million people, thus it claimed more lives than four gruesome years of the First World War did.

What makes the difference between you getting influenza or not in the first place is how robust your immune system. What makes the difference between you getting over influenza or not is how (rapidly) your immune response develops. This was the issue in 1918 and will be the issue always when it comes to viral exposure.

So how strong are you? :-)

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