🩺 Sunday Wellness Myth

❌ Myth: The flu shot gives you the flu 💉

✅ Reality: The flu vaccine cannot cause influenza

Here's why.

The injectable flu vaccine uses inactivated virus or specific viral proteins, not live virus capable of causing the flu.

What actually happens?

1.Your immune system recognizes influenza proteins as foreign antigens.

2.Dendritic cells present these antigens to T cells.

3.B cells become activated and produce influenza-specific antibodies.

4.Your immune system develops memory cells for future protection.

You may experience mild side effects, such as:

•Sore arm

•Low-grade fever

•Fatigue

•Muscle aches

These are signs of your immune system responding, not an influenza infection.

You can still catch the flu after vaccination, but protection takes about 2 weeks to develop, and the vaccine reduces the risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and complications.

Don't let this myth keep you from protecting your health.

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