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<blockquote data-quote="Thirsty" data-source="post: 26281" data-attributes="member: 1270"><p>DS, the flu virus is quite capable of becoming a "super flu" without any help from us. As you say, it mutates all the time, some strains being far more dangerous than others; that's why a new vaccine is made available every year.</p><p></p><p>I suspect you're thinking of so-called superbugs like MRSI which have become resistant to antibiotics, probably as a result of over-prescribing. Vaccines work in a different way to antibiotics and prevent you from becoming ill in the first place, as well as stopping you from infecting others. And they <em>do</em> work! Seen anyone with smallpox or polio in Britain recently?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirsty, post: 26281, member: 1270"] DS, the flu virus is quite capable of becoming a "super flu" without any help from us. As you say, it mutates all the time, some strains being far more dangerous than others; that's why a new vaccine is made available every year. I suspect you're thinking of so-called superbugs like MRSI which have become resistant to antibiotics, probably as a result of over-prescribing. Vaccines work in a different way to antibiotics and prevent you from becoming ill in the first place, as well as stopping you from infecting others. And they [i]do[/i] work! Seen anyone with smallpox or polio in Britain recently? [/QUOTE]
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