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Why some people dont get the flu!

Posted by SARA.SCHNUETTGEN. (: on August 30, 2011 at 10:06pm in Mr Bruns 360 Message Board

Why do some people end up in bed feverish, hacking and sneezing for days from the flu — when others seem to never get sick? To answer that question, University of Michigan researchers did the first study of its kind: They infected 17 healthy people with the flu virus and discovered that everyone who is exposed to the flu actually is affected by it, but their bodies just have a different way of reacting to it. Half of the study participants got sick; the other half didn’t notice a thing.

“Many people might conclude that if you are exposed to a virus and you don’t get sick, it’s because the virus didn’t stick or it was so weak, it just passed right through your system and your system didn’t notice. That’s not a correct notion,” says Alfred Hero, professor at the University of Michigan College of Engineering and author of the study, which was published Thursday in the journal PLoS Genetics.

What do you guys think of this one? Do you think its true? or rumors?

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  • 4Maddie September 2, 2011 at 11:03am
    i hate being sick. it would be awesome if this worked.
  • 4alex September 2, 2011 at 10:54am
    Never getting sick would be nice!
  • 6Dustin September 2, 2011 at 9:37am
    I rarely ever get sick. If I do get sick it's just from something I ate, cold, or runny noise. Very little do I ever get the flu.
  • 2Jenna September 2, 2011 at 9:19am
    I think it's true, because I have a friend who's mom said she never gets sick.
  • 7thjustin September 1, 2011 at 9:24am
    wow i wish i couldnt get the flu that would be awesome cause i hate having the flu
  • 2ALEX! August 31, 2011 at 4:50pm
    maybe its in there blood.
  • 2KJERSTEN.(: August 31, 2011 at 9:29am
    wow...i wish i never got sick! But i think its true becasue everyones bodies do react different.
  • 2Taylor August 31, 2011 at 9:04am
    I think this is true! Everyone is unique and has their own way of dealing with everything that people come across during their lives. But like then why does it feel like one year your that person who never gets it and then the next your miss a week of school because of it?
  • 2Camren August 30, 2011 at 11:17pm
    Well  everyone has a different way of going through  sickness. I think if you have more white blood cells than it doesn't bother you as much.
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