If you're absolutely certain that it was swine flu -- meaning that the child was tested and the that child's specimen was sent to a lab, analyzed and was determined to be H1N1 -- that child will be immune for this season. In future seasons, the virus may change and require new immunizations. However, experts are still recommending that most people who believe they've had the swine flu still get the vaccine, because flu-strain testing is not being routinely done for those with flu-like illnesses. It's not enough to have had a doctor say it was H1N1; only the lab test is definitive.
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If you're absolutely certain that it was swine flu -- meaning that the child was tested and the that child's specimen was sent to a lab, analyzed and was determined to be H1N1 -- that child will be immune for this season. In future seasons, the virus may change and require new immunizations. However, experts are still recommending that most people who believe they've had the swine flu still get the vaccine, because flu-strain testing is not being routinely done for those with flu-like illnesses. It's not enough to have had a doctor say it was H1N1; only the lab test is definitive.
November 3, 2009 - 8:57amThis Comment
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