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Flu vaccines are probably not effective enough, even if 100% of the population was vaccinated. Flu vaccines work, they just don't work perfectly. Many years yo
by kennywinker 6y ago
Flu vaccines are probably not effective enough, even if 100% of the population was vaccinated.
Flu vaccines work, they just don't work perfectly. Many years you'd still get sick, the severity is just attenuated by the flu vaccine.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm
> recent studies show that flu vaccination reduces the risk of flu illness by between 40% and 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are well-matched to the flu vaccine.