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Here are the viruses targeted by this year's flu vaccine. Since the flu hasn't been politicized yet they're still using places in the names. A/Victoria/2570/20
by ralph84 5y ago
Here are the viruses targeted by this year's flu vaccine. Since the flu hasn't been politicized yet they're still using places in the names.
A/Victoria/2570/2019 or A/Wisconsin/588/2019
A/Cambodia/e0826360/2020
B/Washington/02/2019
B/Phuket/3073/2013
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoNone of those are pandemics (parent's phrase) or "new human infectious diseases" (WHO term). https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2015-who-issues-best-practices-for-naming-new-human-infectious-diseases https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2015-who-issues-best-pra...