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Most Kids Who Died of Flu Weren’t Vaccinated, Study Finds

• DrScump 10y ago
  "They found that at least three-quarters of kids who died from influenza between 2010 and 2014 had not been vaccinated in the months before they got sick." So, nearly 25% were vaccinated and died of flu anyway? I'd like to see a breakdown of how many died because of mismatched strains, and how many died because the vaccine for the specific strain just plain did not work.
  • gozur88 10y ago
    >So, nearly 25% were vaccinated and died of flu anyway? That sounds about right. Maybe a bit on the low side. The flu Vaccine is less effective in children. Overall, the CDC rates the effectiveness of this year's jab at 48%, which is enough for herd immunity but not enough to save every individual who gets exposed. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6606a3.htm?s_cid=mm6606a3_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6606a3.htm?s_cid=mm... Getting everyone vaccinated would save a lot of lives.
  • dv_dt 10y ago
    It also matters what their pre-existing status was before they came down with the flu. The article throws around these percentages and groups, but doesn't comment at all on the relations between the groups - and it could very well be non-trivial. Better info from the following: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0403-flu-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0403-flu-vaccine.ht... http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/03/30/peds.2016-4244 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/03/...