(10-01-2018, 03:50 PM)Chas link Wrote: I have been getting the flu shot for several years.
Last year's vaccine was not terribly effective, like 35% or so.
I got the flu - I can't remember being sicker. In bed for a week, fever, chills, vomiting, coughing - the whole nine yards.
I got this year's vaccine a couple of weeks ago. Here's hoping it's more successful.
I have heard (not sure if its true) that the first batch put out is really just an educated guess on the strains, but as the season wears on they tweak the formula to account for the strains that they are actually seeing in patients.
Does anyone know if thats true? if so, I wonder if it might be beneficial to get a booster around the end of the year or whenever it is released?
aka: Bows & Arrows
