Sep
10
Few things are as common and as debilitating as the flu. Almost everyone has had it at one point or another, and many people catch it every year. This little virus can eat away at your sick days, ruining vacation plans, or can whittle down a much needed paycheck. Even worse, if you actually have to go in to work with the flu, it can be one of the most unpleasant and trying things you ever have to do. And even worse, you might get blamed for bringing the virus in to your office and infecting other people and even inadvertently hurting the company in which you work. If you live in the Chicago area, you should consider getting flu shots in Avondale. After reading that little reminder of how terrible the flu can be, getting inoculated probably sounds like a great idea.
If you live nearby and you still have not gotten your flu shots in Avondale, consider these facts. When healthy bodies get over the flu, or the influenza virus, they build up antibodies to protect from catching it again. So why, then, do doctors tell you to get a flu vaccine every year? That is a good question, but the answer is very simple: for the same reason that you can get the flu every year (or even multiple times a year).
Viruses are very dynamic, for lack of a better term, and mutate very often. This means that you can still catch the flu with antibodies present, even if you get a flu shot. But luckily, symptoms are nearly always very mild because of the protection the antibodies provide. Catching it with no antibodies at all would cause a very severe and possibly even life-threatening case, which is why even if you do not think flu shots work, they could actually be saving your life if you do come down with a mild case.