"Gene Goldenfeld" <genegold@highstream.net> wrote in message news:42190AAF.B0983CA2@highstream.net...>I was thinking, don't the athletes get flu shots? That's not aboslute,> but does cut down the chances enormously. However, I don't know that> it's really the flue.
If you've ever had flu you'll remember how your body was completely debilitated. There was no chance you'd be able to race for several weeks. Since these racers seem to recover reasonably quickly the chances are that its not a flu virus thats hit them.
In the UK flujabs become publicly available around the first week in October. I believe the World Health Organisation plot which flu epidemics are currently traversing the Earth and the vaccine provides protection against the three most likely to hit your area within a given period.
Airline pilots and World Cup athletes move from one part of the globe to another so buying flu shots for these guys must be difficult.
