JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "MOMPEAGRAM" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>> Sounds like the stomach flu thats going around. I had it for 3+
>>> days. Others have had it up to a week, even my Dr.
>>
>> I've never had the flu since I started getting my yearly shots.
>> Don't you think that would prevent it?
>> Helen
>
>
> Flu is a respiratory illness. The vaccinations will not prevent
> digestive illnesses.

And since there are so many variations of the respiratory flu the yearly
shots often don't cover the particular strain that winds up going around.