What’s the DEAL with VACCINES?
Aug 29, 2019
4 minutes
Last winter, the flu virus left more than 2,000 Brits in intensive care. And now Public Health England has warned that pregnant women and adults with long-term medical conditions who contract it, could end up with such severe breathing difficulties that their lives could be at risk.
However, one small thing could help prevent you suffering – the flu vaccine. Like other inoculations, the flu vaccine stimulates your body’s immune system to make antibodies to attack the flu virus, so when you’re exposed to it, your immune system recognises the virus and produces antibodies to fight it. In previous years, these flu vaccines have
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