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Well now hang on... The flu shot you get every year in USA and Europe is the vaccine for the most common flu that was seen in Asia and Australia the 6 months p
by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
Well now hang on...
The flu shot you get every year in USA and Europe is the vaccine for the most common flu that was seen in Asia and Australia the 6 months previous. And vice versa.
It’s a guess. If there are two common flus that went around, they pick one to vaccine for. Sometimes they get it wrong and the shot you get has nothing to do with the flu that ends up being common in your area.
It’s very possible to get the shot every year and still get sick.
There is a little bit of art in this science, a lot of people don’t get that.
- dominotw 7y ago> It’s very possible to get the shot every year and still get sick. haha so I wasn't the only one who interpreted it wrong. comment means "I get sick everytime from flu shot"
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoOhh... well, it should be the dead version of the virus, but the whole point is you develop an immune response. Do some people experience that as being sick-actual? I suppose there is some per person variance possible?
- soperj 7y agoNormally there's at least 2 strains the vaccinate against. They've had flu shots with three strains before (around the time of swine flu)