"Dave Bugg" > wrote in
:

> Andy wrote:
>> OT: Seasonal flu vaccine. I got stabbed! ??
>>
>> Got a seasonal flu vaccine yesterday. The name of it was Fluzone.
>>
>> A question to anyone who knows, the nurse mentioned that it may take
>> 12 days to be fully effective. So until then I'm still at risk of
>> getting influenza.
>>
>> That long???
>
> For protection that the vaccine is fully capable of providing, yes.
> HOWEVER, the protection is on a growth curve. After thirty-six hours
> there is more protection than there was prior to receiving the
> immunization. Each day after, the increase in protection grows until
> your immune system has produced as much preparatory response from the
> vaccine as it is capable.


OK. So I wasn't misinformed. Good.

I just had to ask out for reassurance.

So I won't train into work for a little longer. The train, depending on
hours is usually 5 cars long and is empty when I board and packed,
standing room only by time I arrive, with everybody coughing, wheezing
and sneezing in such tight confines, I've been driving into the city to
avoid "inheriting" a trainful of germs. As convenient as it is, it's a
germ method of transportation, imho.

Best,

Andy