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Originally Posted by dino7c
just out of curiosity who here got the flu shot? media (social and otherwise) were hounding us to do so a few months back...similar kinda talk like "you are a danger if you don't get it ect."
Turns out the thing was 9% effective against the worst strain yet next year I'm sure the usual "experts" will be out in full force telling everyone they must get it.
Just saying the government/medical community isn't always 100% honest with us...look at the money big pharma makes and consider the source next time you post a graph on facebook
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Flu shots are a different animal.
The medical community doesn't claim that the flush or will prevent any and all flu strains.
The flu shot is the medical community's best long term guess (they need time to prepare so they don't have all variables) at what strain of the flu will be rampant in a given year.
I'd be curious to see their effectiveness over a larger sample size than one year.
Also by giving the 9% effective rate (I would like to see a source on that) they are being transparent. Just like the effective rate of the vaccines being discussed in this thread (TB, whooping cough, etc).