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I seem to recall that Australia's 2017 flu-season was particularly rough, in large part, because the strains that were chosen for vaccination mutated after the
by nness 7y ago
I seem to recall that Australia's 2017 flu-season was particularly rough, in large part, because the strains that were chosen for vaccination mutated after the vaccinations were produced.
(I wouldn't be surpirsed if the "anti-vaccination" rhetoric, which was playing-up a lot in those years, might've also mis-informed some families about the benefits of flu vaccination.)
- Sag0Sag0 7y agoI remember 2017 and yeah it was bad. I had the flu shot but still got the flu due to them targeting the wrong strains. :(
- sturadnidge 7y agoIt was the same this year, there were reports in the media questioning the efficacy of the 2019 vaccination due to mutation. Anecdotally, there did seem to be a very large number of sick people around this year (even now, in spring) although I’m sure 99% of the cases weren’t flu proper.
- jazoom 7y agoI probably did over a hundred swabs on my patients. I'd say the most common was rhinovirus, then RSV and influenza A, then about 4 other viruses made up the rest. It was certainly more than 1% influenza A. There was a decent amount of influenza B too after a while. Parainfluenza came up strong later in the season. I got sick 3 or 4 times. I got the flu vaccination a couple of months before all this really took off. I guess that confirms the flu vaccine caused me to get sick (sarcasm).
- DrScump 7y agomutated? Or were the wrong strains simply chosen for the vaccine due to poor predictions?