-=> Quoting Dia Spriggs to Sue Alexander <=-
> The pneumonia shot is only a vaccine to one of the
> common bacteria that cause pneumonia (named Streptococcus
> pneumoniae). You may still get pneumonia if you get the
DS> I thought vaccines were against virus, not bacteria. I was told that
DS> the pneumonia vaccine would only protect against viral pneumonia, not
DS> bacterial.
I believe it is the other way around. A pneumonia shot protects
against bacterial pneumonia only, not viral pneumonia.
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