Article December 6, 2004 Issue

you are EXEMPT FROM THE FLU

Why you don't have to get sick

By Rosalie E. Dunbar

I COULD HAVE BEEN AN ADVERTISEMENT for the wisdom of getting a flu shot. I was coughing and sneezing, felt terrible, and only wanted it to end. But I had no backup at my job, and I had to be at work. It had been a horrible day, and I was working late to do the next day's assignment so that if I couldn't get to the office, at least everything would be done.

My misery was interrupted by a voice that called from the corridor, "Is anybody there?" I made an inarticulate sound, and the person came into my little office.

"You must have heard my cough," I said.

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