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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
My doctor said the flu shot this year was only like 10% effective or something. Every year they try to predict what strains will be prevalent but it's only an educated guess what is built into the flu shot.
Flu took me 3 weeks to get over this year.
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Damn. I'm 6 days in.
Canadian estimates are flu shot only 10-20% effective. 10% being quoted for Australia.
CDC (US) estimate is flu shot was about 36% effective this year, for the record.
PopSci actually says that's not bad.
"In the last decade, only one flu shot has reached the 60 percent efficacy mark. Three others have gotten over 50 percent. The lowest: 19.
So when the Centers for Disease Control says this year’s flu vaccine is 36 percent effective, that’s not terrible news. Especially when, prior to this estimate, the CDC thought it might only be 10 percent, which is how effective this same vaccine was in Australia."