This year's flu vaccine didn't work...doh!
Jan 16, 2015 0:21:40 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 0:21:40 GMT -6
Way to go, for whoever calls these things in advance. That's the way to convince people vaccines are a good idea. Make people go through something no one likes, then get sick with the flu anyway.
I'd laugh, but SO many people are sick it really isn't funny I guess. I never get a flu shot so I do get it every couple years...and I wonder if that is why I'm not sick and so many others are? The ones getting the vaccine (which seem to be most around here, for the hard sell it always is) just seem to be getting the whammy this time.
Hmm.. No offense to medical science and all...but 50-60% kinda sucks too, to be quite frank about it. I have my critical childhood shots, and back before it morphed into half the pharmacy in one shot series...but I'll live with the natural old flu occasionally.
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Sounds like a nasty one...
I'd laugh, but SO many people are sick it really isn't funny I guess. I never get a flu shot so I do get it every couple years...and I wonder if that is why I'm not sick and so many others are? The ones getting the vaccine (which seem to be most around here, for the hard sell it always is) just seem to be getting the whammy this time.
New York – — As predicted, this year’s flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It’s only 23 percent effective, primarily because it doesn’t include the bug that is making most people sick, according to a government study released Thursday.
That’s one of the worst performances in the last decade, since U.S. health officials started routinely tracking how well vaccines work. In the best flu seasons, the vaccines were 50-60 percent effective.
That’s one of the worst performances in the last decade, since U.S. health officials started routinely tracking how well vaccines work. In the best flu seasons, the vaccines were 50-60 percent effective.
Hmm.. No offense to medical science and all...but 50-60% kinda sucks too, to be quite frank about it. I have my critical childhood shots, and back before it morphed into half the pharmacy in one shot series...but I'll live with the natural old flu occasionally.
The flu season is shaping up to a bad one. Health officials are comparing it to the nasty flu season two winters ago, and this one may prove to be worse. Hospitalization rates in people 65 and older are higher than they were at the same point in the 2012-13 season, according to CDC data.
Sounds like a nasty one...
