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Old 08-16-2023, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os View Post
Many people believe that they got the flu after getting the vaccine. Since the flu vaccine is not a live vaccine it is impossible for it to have caused the flu. That’s not my opinion, that is a fact. You may have been exposed to the flu prior to getting the vaccine and didn’t have any symptoms yet. In that case the flu vaccine didn’t have time to build your immunity to fight it off. But getting the flu from the vaccine is a myth. Only live vaccines can cause disease and the flu vaccine is NOT a live vaccine.
The nasal vaccine is a LIVE, ATTENUATED (weakened) virus...

That said, it is extremely unlikely that it will give you the flu...
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