Monday, December 17, 2012  Flu Season Begins  [Ed.: this is why
Josh thinks you should get a flu vaccine. Image via NIAID.]  It
has been a while since I have posted anything. I buried myself
in graduate school and kinda shut everything else out for a
while. I am studying the immune system so vaccinations and
influenza fall into my area of interest. I started to
notice more people have been calling into work sick in the past
week or two. Seems that flu season is starting up a bit earlier
than usual. There are at least 12 lab-confirmed cases in
Washtenaw county already Flu Tracker Washtenaw County. If you
were planning on getting vaccinated, now is the time to do so.
For those of you who are unsure about the influenza vaccine or
vaccines in general here's some general information....   The
Flu Vaccine is an inactive form of the virus (so you can't get
the flu from this vaccine) that is grown in chicken eggs. CDC
information  It is most commonly given as a intramuscular
injection. There is also a form that is in