"Ask your doctor about Tamiflu..."

[sharp_stick]

4. This year's vaccine is a good match so far

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/CDC-Flu-shot-good-match-for-this-year-s-strains-4167032.php

Even if the strains covered by the vaccine aren't exactly the same as those encountered, being vaccinated will likely reduce the severity of the disease.

Tamiflu only has any effect against the real flu, not the phony flu that everyone and their dog claims to get every year, and it can only reduce symptoms and maybe shorten the duration by a day or two and then only if you take it within 24 hours of first symptoms.

Being as nobody thinks they're getting the flu within 24 hours, then as soon as they realize they're sick it's too late, it's a crap drug. I've never personally seen it work and most docs that I know don't bother to prescribe it unless the patient is elderly and has hospitalization potential. Other docs, usually the same ones that provide antibiotics to anyone that asks for them, will prescribe the shit out of this stuff just to get people out of their offices without complaint.

The only thing that prevents flu is the vaccine and good hygiene.