"katysails" wrote in message

And if the average hoipoloi didn't clamor for there's there would be
enough fir those sickly individuals....almost every health care worker in
the US is summarily stabbed every year on the off chance they might
contract it from a victim...truth is, handwashing is far more effective a
preventative....

True indeed. I've resorted to using an alcohol-based hand "sterilizing"
lotion between and during patient visits.

other truth is, the flu shot only protects against a very limited number of
strains and there are usually 100 x more out there that it doesn't
protect....it is not a health care panacea....

The latest word is that a strain called New Zealand # something or other is
the feared edition this year. And the current vaccines are ineffective
against it.

As an aside, many of my patients report getting the flu each year despite
having a flu shot. The whole flu shot morass is almost fraudulent in the
way its hyped by the media.

Max