What if everything we think we know about fighting influenza is wrong? What if flu vaccines do not protect people from dying—particularly the elderly, who account for 90 percent of deaths from seasonal flu? And what if the expensive antiviral drugs that the government has stockpiled over the past few years also have little, if any, power to reduce the number of people who die or are hospitalized?
Does the Vaccine Matter? The Atlantic, by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer.
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Does the Vaccine Matter? The Atlantic, by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer.
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