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A member asked:
If someone with a flu coughed at me and i did not get a flu shot yet, what is the likelihood that i will get sick if i am a healthy adult?
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Very LikelyIfNotImmu: You are very likely to be infected with the strain of Flu the infected person has.The only way you can escape is if your body have antibodies to the influenza by getting the vaccine or past infection with the same sero type which is rare in 20 years old young people
Answered 11/26/2017
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