2020 Flu Shot Thread
#31
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Re: 2020 Flu Shot Thread
The flu shot is maybe 50% effective but that's better than nothing. There are 3 different types of flu, A, B, and C with each mutating so the vaccine structure is an educated guess. It doesn't give you the flu, it can't. If you had the flu after getting the shot then you either had it already or have a variety that the vaccine was ineffective against.
To my mind not getting the shot is the same as not wasing your hands or not wearing a mask for COVID.
To my mind not getting the shot is the same as not wasing your hands or not wearing a mask for COVID.
#32
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Re: 2020 Flu Shot Thread
https://globalnews.ca/news/7467173/c...w-coronavirus/
Flu is way down this year despite flu testing being way up.
At this point during last year’s flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza, only 17 so far this year.
Flu is way down this year despite flu testing being way up.
At this point during last year’s flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza, only 17 so far this year.
#34
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Re: 2020 Flu Shot Thread
I am sure it is, along with all the mask wearing and cleaning going on....
General colds this winter will probably be lower as well, but of course those are not tested or tracked, but I suspect less colds going around this winter as well.
#35
Re: 2020 Flu Shot Thread
https://globalnews.ca/news/7467173/c...w-coronavirus/
Flu is way down this year despite flu testing being way up.
At this point during last year’s flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza, only 17 so far this year.
Flu is way down this year despite flu testing being way up.
At this point during last year’s flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza, only 17 so far this year.
I really hope that when we are all fully vaccinated and out of this COVID mess, the vast majority of the public will still wear masks in enclosed spaces (buses / trains etc) during flu season. They have been doing this in Asia for years and to westerners it always looked alien until now.
#37
Re: 2020 Flu Shot Thread
That definitely is the main reason Filipinos wear them. I was there last August and my whole family wore a mask when travelling in Manila.
However the Japanese & Koreans mainly wear them for the same reasons we do now.
However the Japanese & Koreans mainly wear them for the same reasons we do now.