# It's flu vaccination time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-flu-vaccination-time/351192>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-flu-vaccination-time/351192 "2006-04-04T03:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-flu-vaccination-time/351192/1 "2006-04-04T03:50:30Z")

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We’ve all been queuing up like good little boys and girls to get this winter’s flu vaccination. Apparently this year’s southern hemisphere vaccine protects against such exotic strains as:

- A/New Caledonia
- A/California
- B/Malyasia

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-flu-vaccination-time/351192/2 "2006-04-04T05:57:57Z")

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Cool. Ours has been here for about a month now. _But_, I have to be completely clear of my current lurgy before I can have the jab. Such is life …

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**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-flu-vaccination-time/351192/3 "2006-04-04T06:15:02Z")

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Never had Fluvax before this year. Now, I’m going to be having so many jabs, I’ll be holeyer than a pin cushion.