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Actually, I have a pet peeve with the medical world PUSHING the flu shot every year and then later admitting "oh well, we didn't expect that strain" and admitting that the shot they guessed at is only 33% effective.
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So every year, public health agencies essentially make educated guesses on what strains and mutations will make the rounds...
Edward Belongia, a senior epidemiologist at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute in Wisconsin who has studied flu vaccine effectiveness, found that the combined vaccine effectiveness during H3N2 seasons was 33 percent, meaning getting vaccinated reduced a person’s risk of having to go to the doctor by about a third.
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https://www.vox.com/2018/1/12/16882622/flu-season-epidemic-prevention-vaccine
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