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by JoeShep on October 22nd, 2004

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I hear New Yorkers are going to Canada for flu shots. Is this safe?

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  • by Graendal on October 25th, 2004

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    Sure is!

    One question - Why wouldn't it be?

    Is there some huge genetic difference between Americans and Canadians? I think not.

    The only reason I can see that people would believe it's not safe is because the U.S. Government has told everyone that it's not. Now why would that be? Because they want the money going into American pokcets and not Canadian. Makes sense, right?

    Thousands of Americans have already come to Canada for flu shots this year, mainly from North Dakota into Saskatchewan. So far, none of them have had any health problems.

    I am a Canadian and I get my flu shot every year, as do an increasing number of Canadians and as far as I can tell it's never caused any problems.

    The Canadian Flu Vaccine (I'm unsure about that of other countries, although I assume it's the same) doesn't use an active flu virus to 'infect' the patient, so there's no risk of getting the flu from the shot.

    Hope this helps!

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    • But how much do you have? dose each deprive a Canidian?

      JoeShep

      by JoeShep on October 29th, 2004

    • rreiss: I agree 100 %. Excellent reply!!

      rreiss

      by rreiss on March 26th, 2005

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