Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warning for the U.S.

Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by Sendotsh on Saturday October 05, 2019 @07:37PM (#21168700)

We had both kids in hospital from it, and at different times got it ourselves too. We also had about half of our family and friends down with it at some point in the season, and large numbers of workmates off sick (enough to cause staffing issues).

It was absolutely among the worst flus I can personally remember having, and staff at the hospital were openly saying it was the worst season they can remember having in a long time.

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:02PM (#21168820)

Aussie here, was bad in the south island too (Tasmania).

I was sub-par for over a month, started feeling better then down hill again over night. A lot of people at work had time off.

Also had the flu shot.

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by rawburt on Saturday October 05, 2019 @07:38PM (#21168705)

Did any of you get flu shots?

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by Sendotsh on Saturday October 05, 2019 @07:46PM (#21168750)

Yep we get all relevant shots and immunisations. They’re free here so it would be silly not to.

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by jimmaswell on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:42PM (#21168994)

They're close enough to free for me here, but I've never had the flu so the time/potential side effects aren't worth it for me.

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by baylisscg on Saturday October 05, 2019 @10:32PM (#21169449)

Herd immunity is important too. Not everyone, and especially those most vulnerable to flu, can get vaccinated so helping keep it down in the general population helps.

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Re:Australia Just Had a Bad Flu Season. That May Be a Warnin... by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:05PM (#21168840)

If this is going to be your theory, mind explaining how this works?

My understanding was that the flu vaccines use inactive bits of the flu viruses selected for the vaccines.

I don’t understand how inactive bits of a virus can cause infection?

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