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Pneumonia is going around very severe in my neighborhood. my question is can you just get pneumonia or does it normally start out as a cold/flu??
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Either way: It can happen either one of those ways. You can start out with a cold or flu and then develop pneumonia or you can just get pneumonia without an earlier infection.
Answered 9/7/2016
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