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And if the new vaccines are anything like the old ones they'll have almost no effect on that; https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/54/12/1778/455098 https://aca

And if the new vaccines are anything like the old ones they'll have almost no effect on that; https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/54/12/1778/455098 https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/54/12/1778/455098 . Current flu vaccines slightly reduce the number of cases but have no effect on hospitalisations. And if you look at a chart of the amount of annual flu cases from before the flu vaccines were released to now, there's absolutely no notable overall reduction.

woeirua 3y ago
The hope would be that the new vaccines are drastically more effective. The problem with assessing flu vaccine efficacy is that the uptake of the vaccine is so low because the flu vaccine often has significant side effects (it knocks me out for a day each time), and often doesn't even prevent you from getting the flu. At best, the flu vaccine as it is today, just reduces the severity of the disease (which is worthwhile for some populations).