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Old 03-28-2014, 09:55 PM   #503
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Originally Posted by dino7c View Post
oh you didn't hear about that 9% effectiveness this year? Thats kinda my point...quick 10 second story about it on global news, similar situation when the province ran out of the vaccine. Months earlier it was day after day of nagging people to get the thing and the usual fear mongering
Yes, the vaccine was only 9% effective against the H3N2 strain for seniors aged 64 and up. For the other vulnerable group (children aged 6 months to 17) it was 58% effective. And, as I said, it was 61% effective overall. Yup, what a total waste of time.
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