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Originally Posted by Redlemon
Based on my (very quick and cursory) research, it appears that the way to test for influenza is a blood test to find antigens. But, if you have had a flu shot, you will also have antigens; that's what it does. In other words, 100% of people who have had the flu shot should "test positive" for flu antigens.
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That kind of makes sense, but it seems odd that they would be able to test children for flu illness in one study, but not adults in another study.
It would be useful to be able to read that actual studies; it's bad science writing to refer to the results of a study without also giving a citation for the study. The actual data might be much more informative than the summary given in the link.