>>>Stomach flu
>>>Temp going back and forth between 102 and 104
>>>Only thing I can tolerate is saltines and Gatorade.
>>>What fun
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>>I don't think a flu shot would prevent stomach flu, which I'm pretty sure isn't actually influenza. A lot of what we call stomach flu is really food poisoning.
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>>Tamar
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>I don't think that's right. Bad food and a virus are things that the medical community seems to be able to tell apart. Besides doesn't bad food usually result in a bacterial issue rather than viral?

Yeah, bad food is generally bacterial. But most folks with what they refer to a "stomach flu" don't bother going to the doctor.

Regardless, the flu that flu shots prevent doesn't present as a stomach bug, AFAIK.

Tamar