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There are pneumonia vaccines[1], but they mostly cover the main bacterial strains that cause it. A lot of diseases like pneumonia can be caused by multiple stra
by gph 10y ago
There are pneumonia vaccines[1], but they mostly cover the main bacterial strains that cause it. A lot of diseases like pneumonia can be caused by multiple strains of bacteria. It's hard to vaccinate against all of them.
[1]http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/default.htm http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/default.htm