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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Isn't it true that with the live virus your immune system kicks in and you feel rotten? Well so it was 3/3 with the flue jab.[/COLOR]
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Yeah, as I understand it the symptoms of flu (and most things) are your body fighting the virus. I believe that's why there is a latency period for viral infections - the virus is replicating but your body hasn't started fighting it yet.
But you don't have the live virus in the vaccine. As Pierre says it's possible to get the symptoms of flu but this isn't your body responding to the flu virus but the vaccine itself. I don't know why that would only happen with the flu vaccine and not the others but I guess that depends on the chemistry of the vaccine....