There are a lot of bugs out there including the common cold and other flu strains. We still have the responsibility to take care of ourselves and not get sick from all the other things out there. Don t be fooled into thinking you are now totally protected if you opted for the shot. The strains are tracked in humans. Each year as the viruses change, so must the vaccine and so must our antibodies.
Shifts occur every few years and create serious situations.
This year, we are having a drift or small change, not a major shift in the virus. Colds and flues are both viral infections. Cold symptoms consist of sore throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, watery eyes, hacking cough and sometimes fever and can be caused from any of two hundred different viruses. Unlike colds, which usually begin in stages, flu comes on quickly, and gives headaches, chills, muscle aches, fatigue, high fever, cough, sore throat and runny nose. There is no such thing as stomach flu.