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Flu Vaccine Selections Suggest This Year’s Shot May Be Off the Mark(scientificamerican.com)

2 points by smaddali 7 years ago | 2 comments

JMTQp8lwXL 7 years ago |

Flu vaccines reduce your odds of going to the doctor by 40-60%. It is still worthwhile to get the flu shot. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm

CodeWriter23 7 years ago | |

On that page they apparently cherry picked from two years of their own data. See bar chart mid-way through this page. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/effectiveness-studies....