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Flu Notes


 * the flu virus forms in many different shapes
 * how does a virus get into a cell?
 * cells have small receptors that have proteins and the flu viruses proteins match up the to proteins on the cell.
 * the virus inserts its genetic information into the cell and hijacks the cell and makes the cell make copies of it self and making more virus.
 * then the virus leaves and the cell eventually dies
 * top three reasons to get a flu vaccine
 * prevents influenza-related death
 * prevents severe illness
 * protects other people
 * the virus that infects humans is the same one that infects pigs