>>>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>That'll be $150.00.
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>>Thanks
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>My state lost an otherwise healthy 15 year old to complications from the flu last week. I think I'll choose the flu shot instead... It's not a guarantee every year and not against all strains, but worth the cost. (Plus, it's free at some places, only the co-pay at the dr's office, and only $25 at many drugstores - much cheaper than your $150!)

I am surprised by that cost. Unless things have changed, though, I don't think we should be pointing fingers at the English health system. They sure don't spend 16% of their GNP on health care and the care is as good or better than ours.