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Get the shot! 2015’s nasty ‘flu strains
DEBUNKING SOME ‘BOBBA MEISERS’ OF ‘FLU VACS: Online editor Ant Katz warns readers in a new blog that the 2015 ‘flu strains include some nasty varieties. He suggests getting the ‘flu vac.
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Flu: no laughing matter
Writes Ant Katz: I myself was brought in the “lift your tongue and don’t move a muscle for a minute” era of mercury in glass thermometers (in Fahrenheit).
I brought my own kids up with what was then a new-fangled method of placing a plastic strip on the forehead for half a minute or so and see which number came up.
Now it’s a case of point, press, and Bob’s your uncle!…