inspire_rainbows
inspire_rainbows t1_iwpmu3f wrote
Reply to AskScience AMA Series: We're Experts on Influenza (aka the Flu). AUA! by AskScienceModerator
Many years ago there was a 60 Minutes type programme discussing how the flu vaccine is made. The gist of it was there are many, many flus at any given time on the earth and trying to pick which one(s) were going to come to your area of earth was, basically, a guessing game. This is why, during some years, the flu vaccine was ineffective because the ‘wrong’ flu was picked. Is this still an issue or has our ability to track and predict flu patterns better thereby making the flu vaccine more accurate?
inspire_rainbows t1_iwro0c5 wrote
Reply to comment by haley_bridgewater in AskScience AMA Series: We're Experts on Influenza (aka the Flu). AUA! by AskScienceModerator
Thanks for your time. I do appreciate this thread and the answers.