>>>http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2011/01/06/flu-early.html
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>>We got our flu shots about a month ago. With the limited insurance plan I currently have, I can't afford to get really sick. A flu shot is cheap insurance. <g>
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>Sounds like "I wish I was so rich... then I could contract some exotic disease".
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>But then the verb "contract" sounds so ambiguous... as if one could hire a contractor to be ill instead.

The flu business is taking off nicely. A few well placed scare stories and people pile in for unnecessary treatment.
Here's my tip. Get flu. Go to bed. Drink plenty of fluids. Feel ill for a few days.Get better.

That'll be $150.00.

Thanks