Good article in Time magazine, "This Year's Flu Virus Could Be Worse Than Usual — And the Vaccine May Not Help" but to get to it online there are many ads, both pop-up and video. So, try if you are brave. Anyway, it first explains that the World Health Organization makes its best guess at a moving target - each virus is changing all the time, plus they are guessing which one will become prevalent. Then (and this is the point of the article) there are changes made to the virus itself by the drug makers as they try to get something they can grow for the necessary 4 months. Sometimes they have to change it so much to be able to do it that it doesn't combat even the exact virus it was made from, and that seems to be part of what's happened this year.
Lilac, I hope your dgs gets well soon. Wow, that sounds dangerous about the kitchen sparks and sputters!
The morning has gone well, but I still feel behind. General straightening and cleaning is the ticket, and I will do by room, not chore - hitting the front rooms best I can.