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Reply #22: Are you faulting the flu vaccine for not being the cure for the common cold? [View All]

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Barack_America

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Mon Nov-23-09 08:27 PM
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22. Are you faulting the flu vaccine for not being the cure for the common cold?

The prevention of flu is much higher than 25%. From the CDC, the vaccines tend to be 70-90% effective in otherwise healthy people.
http://www.cdc.gov/FLU/PROFESSIONALS/VACCINATION/effectivenessqa.htm

As for the study you posted:

43% less days of work lost

44% less trips to the doctor

These are significant results, there is nothing "soft" about them.

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