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I never took a flu shot because the first patient in hospital I ever "took care of"

(still under the tutelage of my unit educator) was a late 30's women with,

"Guillain–Barré syndrome is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system." This was post a basic flu shot, (1981) and her suffering and the

damage were profound. That scared the heck out of me, and never wanting any medications

anyway, I never considered a flu shot ever. I believe there are covid viruses and I am aware of

the common cold spreading mostly by little kids in school environments because sneezes and

secretions are available for uptake by one and all. They are "building their immune systems"

so to speak. The parents "catch" the bug and bring it to work and spread it to their contacts.

Virus start as particles entering the cells, and using RNA develop into spider-like forms and

kill the cell, bursting out and back into particles, moving on to enter other cells. We used to

say, (it was a common saying) that the person discovering a cure for the common cold would

be a millionaire. Maybe I am full of beans, but that was what I learned in my chemistry, organic

chemistry, and microbiology college classes. Older people will recognize "clepping out"

of required courses by taking a test and getting it right and getting the college credit for

the effort. I clepped out of 2 courses/ Biology and Basic English.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=clepping+out+collge+credit+for+passing+a+test&atb=v198-1&ia=web

https://clep.collegeboard.org

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