Flu shots are a 'very good match' to this season's strains, CDC says

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The new data comes as officials are redoubling their calls for Americans to get vaccinated as this year's flu season gets off to an early and worrisome start.

that last season's"influenza vaccination did not significantly reduce the risk of outpatient medically attended illness" against the predominant strain of viruses.

"We would expect clinical vaccine effectiveness to be quite good, but we won't know that until sometime in the early part of next year, depending upon how these vaccine effectiveness studies enroll," the CDC's Tim Uyeki told a webinar hosted by the Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaWhile the flu season started far earlier this year compared to pre-pandemic seasons, Uyeki cautioned that it could still be far from over.

"So just because we haven't seen a lot of influenza B so far, it may be coming, if this is a typical influenza season," said Uyeki. At the CDC briefing on Monday, the American Medical Association's Dr. Sandra Fryhofer urged Americans not to let down their guard even if they had recovered from a flu infection already once this season. She urged Americans to seek out a flu shot rather than risk getting infected again.

"We've forgotten how bad the flu can be. But this year's season is a shout out that it can get really bad and it's here, so people need to get vaccinated," Fryhofer said.

 

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I got my annual flu jab back in November. Influenza is a horrible disease! I also continue with public health safety practices.

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That's okay, I don't think that I will be getting any kind of flu shot ever again. Especially one that is highly recommended by the government and the mainstream media.

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So that's very good news.

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Thanks so much for reminding me to get my vaccines. I've only had 158 shots this year so I better top up. Thanks a mill for the timely reminder 👍

VERY nice to hear!

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Aren’t you all damaged enough from the 60Minutes LesleyRStahl cover up of the devastating HunterBidenLaptop info? Now you pushing vaccine info from corrupt CDCgov?

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I’ll think about it

I'm still amazed how covid-19 cured influenza for a few years. Also amazing how George Floyd cured covid-19 for an entire summer. Miraculous, I say!!

Wait the flu is back!?! What happened to it over the last couple of years? 🤔

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