--------------CE157402E4D96DACDF7EA209 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Last week my internist suggested I get the pneumonia vaccine > and also the flu vaccine, citing my ... uhhhh.... "advanced" > age (55 years old) <"advanced" PHOOEY!) and the > fact that the winter of '97-'98 saw more of individuals over 50 > years old hospitalized with flu-caused pneumonia then ANY > previous year in which Kaiser Permanente (my HMO, and the > largest, oldest HMO-system in the USA) kept such records. > Dear Barbara: Our neuro strongly recommends both vaccines because PWP are more susceptible to outside viral and bacterial attacks. We are bopth taking them. Love Michel Margosis 'Carpe Diem' once a day --------------CE157402E4D96DACDF7EA209 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>Last week my internist suggested I get the pneumonia vaccine and also the flu vaccine, citing my ... uhhhh.... "advanced" age (55 years old) <"advanced" PHOOEY!) <grin> and the fact that the winter of '97-'98 saw more of individuals over 50 years old hospitalized with flu-caused pneumonia then ANY previous year in which Kaiser Permanente (my HMO, and the largest, oldest HMO-system in the USA) kept such records.</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Dear Barbara: <P>Our neuro strongly recommends both vaccines because PWP are more susceptible to outside viral and bacterial attacks. <BR>We are bopth taking them. <BR>Love <P>Michel Margosis <BR>'Carpe Diem' once a day</HTML> --------------CE157402E4D96DACDF7EA209--