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	My wife has had a letter from the doctor about a flu jab. But it also - that if she has an egg allergy, she's not to attend. Why? Mike in Mouldon
	This is because the flu vaccine is grown in eggs, so there will be a smidgen of contaminating egg in the final vaccine. If she's allergic, she might get a reaction so it's best not to go along.
	October 2005

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