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"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,
by 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 agoIt 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/...