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Originally Posted by Azure
For everyone? Or just for kids, older people and people with a weaker immune system due to chemo or other treatments?
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For everyone, meaning the mechanism by which the flu shot grants protection is the same. The efficacy isn't the same for many reasons including the flu mutates so fast and there's so many strains that guessing the right combination sometimes doesn't happen.
But the mechanism is the same.
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Originally Posted by Azure
I honestly haven't given getting the flu shot much of a thought because the flu is something I get maybe once ever 2-3 years, and it lasts for a couple days and then its gone. Now the cold on the other hand....
If it is shown to help people fight the flu and perhaps save some lives, I have no problem encouraging people to get the shot. But is it really on the same level as a measles shot? Because if it is, it needs to be mandatory as well.
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If there was a cold vaccine that'd be worth more than all the other companies on earth combined!
My understanding is that the flu vaccine saves lives and reduces morbidity but I don't have anything at hand to support it, and it isn't the same level as the measles shot as Street Pharmacist points out, so I don't think the flu vaccine should be mandatory though I don't have a problem with requiring it for school or work attendance.