I found this article interesting. It doesnt encourage me to get the flu shot.
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Flu Season, and Vaccine, Looking Worse
ATLANTA (AP) — The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say its partly because the flu vaccine doesnt protect against most of the spreading flu bugs. The flu shot is a good match for only about 40 percent of this years flu viruses, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The situation has even deteriorated since last week when the CDC said the vaccine was protective against roughly half the circulating strains. In good years, the vaccine can fend off 70 to 90 percent of flu bugs.
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