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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm >During years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to
by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm
>During years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to circulating influenza viruses, it is possible that no benefit from flu vaccination may be observed.
I'm crazy for not allowing myself to be injected with several strains of influenza virus when the most-optimistic estimates of efficacy are around ~40%.
Calling it a flu "vaccine" seems like a misnomer to me, given the rapidly-mutating nature of the virus.
>We may as well dismiss them and move on.
This is HN.
- nkozyra 9y agoThe influenza shots are really not the subject of antivax sentiment, nor are they pushed the way tdap etc are. And this latter group has much more efficacy, not even including herd immunity effects.
- KhanMahGretsch 9y agoIndeed, I was referring to the flippant dismissal of the above poster’s comment, and I addressed the flu-shot’s status as an exception. Of course that won’t save you from the “I f’ing love science”-brigade down voting without rebuttal.