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Australian Flu H3N2 - RainbowUnicorn - Jan 14, 2018
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/health/flu-vaccine-not-as-effective-for-type-a-virus-h3n2/507219052
Quote:Eighty percent of the strains tested at the state level show the Type A virus H3N2.
"We know that H3N2 subtyp
nashville news you tube
KMBC(9) news you tube
some say 20% effective
CDC says 43% effective
virology change with climate change... (this is what i am pondering) along with the change in climate/weather which may alter peoples normal cycles. greater cold snaps mixed with dehydration hot spells.
swapping and changing of hot n cold wet n dry which may disrupt peoples normal processes of coping with viruses.
RE: Australian Flu H3N2 - C C - Jan 16, 2018
I'm usually about as confident of a flu vaccine as I am of a pneumonia vaccine. Which is to say, I try to avoid " sitting still and packed together like sardines" crowds as much as possible during the season. But some large meetings and indoor funerals are impossible to evade.
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