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health advisory Hospital Doctor Yu 2007-11-8 19:08:55

pls. take this question seriosly.

dont mess up

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as they say prevention (vaccination) is better than cure (antibiotics). Furthermore flu is caused by a virus and antibiotics dont work on them. Another good reason.influenza can be fatal expecially if u are the very young, very old or immuno-compromised. So why take the risk?

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Antibiotics are for bacteria. Vaccines are for viruses. Flu's are caused by viruses.

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The flu is caused by a virus, which is not affected at all by antibiotics. Antibiotics, as the name implies, kill bacteria.

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Because you are getting the dead form of the flu-i believe the epitopes, and your body's antibodies start creating a memory of the flu (which is a virus) so the next time you come into contact with the flu, your antibodies will recognize what it is, and immediately start reacting. However, you still may get the flu, becuase there is more than one type of flu virus, unfortunately.

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Flu is due to a virus thus antibiotics is USELESS.

Vaccination works by activating the body's defense (which can recognize the virus or its side-products), thus it can work, provided you use vaccin for the right virus, which is the hard part.

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Vaccinations strengthen your immune system. So does eating dirt, but antibiotics never kill all the germs, so the "survivors" evolve into the next generation of super diseases. Antibiotics are the typical "quick fix" to a problem that needs to be addressed at the source. Docors know this. If they cured all diseases, doctors would go out of business. That's why the FDA never approves natural remedies.

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You can't kill viruses with antibiotics, in fact by taking them you weaken your body a bit and a virus infection can become even a bit worse than without antibiotics.