Flu Vaccines May Not Protect Against This Year’s Main Circulating Flu Strain, Study Suggests
“This group meets a couple of times of the year and asks a pretty simple question: Looking at the vaccine strains that we have now, how closely do those match the strains that we think are going to predominate in six months’ time?” he explained.
Then, each country will use the vaccine they think will be best for their population. And every year there’s a question of, and there’s always a chance it will not match the exact strain that becomes the most popular. For example, in the 2010-11 flu season, 60% fewer healthy adults who were vaccinated got the flu compared to those who were unvaccinated.
And even though it’s important to differentiate between cold vs. flu symptoms, it’s even more important to simply stay home if you’re feeling ill to avoid
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