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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.if your partner suffers from an illness such as highbp, asthma, bronchitis, any chest illnesses and may or may not have a long term illness then he would be automatically called by the GP to have the flu vaccination. It does work, but there is always the odd one or two that react to it. Check with the practice nurse and she will be able to advise you further.
Nicola Red- you are correct in thinking that the vaccine changes every year, but not about the strains.
The WHO is constantly monitoring circulating flu strains in both the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. Because there is a 6 month difference in the seasons between the two, the strains vaccinated against in the Northern Hemisphere at the moment were the ones causing problems in the Southern Hemisphere in their winter, & vice-versa.
Due to the method of producing the vaccines, the vaccine cannot cause flu. However, as it takes around three weeks to develop immunity following vaccination, any flu virus encountered during this time which causes flu, is often wrongly labelled as being due to the vaccine.
You may feel vaguely unwell for a couple of days following vaccination, but this is normal.