Can you catch the same flu twice?
By moneymommy
@moneymommy (3418)
United States
10 responses
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
26 Apr 09
They say that the flu virus rarely stays the same so I suppose your immune system gets fooled by the mutated virus and you get sick anyway. Cheers!!
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@littleowl (7157)
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26 Apr 09
Well like all colds go round and you catch them again and again, the flu is the same you can catch it a lot, but there are now preventative measures like getting a flu jab each year which should prevent you from catching it and if you do it would be a mild one...but the older you get the more susceptible you are to catching it....littleowl
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
29 Apr 09
I know you can't catch the same cold twice so I will say no, even viruses have their own DNA
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
26 Apr 09
Yep, flu is constantly mutating and easily passed from one person to the next and back to you again. If it weren't for the constant mutation I'd think they would of found a vaccine that would repel it for life.
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@deedeehall (1144)
• United States
28 Apr 09
i am not a doc but i would think so that is why they constanley give flu shoots every year.i supose you could build immunities to things it depends on the person.