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Article: Flu Shots Appear to Have Provided Limited Protection Against Flu Last Winter.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- May 26, 2004
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- People who had flu shots last winter were less likely to get the flu than those who did not, but not much less likely. Twenty-one percent of adults who say they did not get flu shots believed they got the flu compared to 14% of adults who say they had flu shots.
These results should be treated with great caution. People may or may not remember accurately whether they did receive shots, and they may or may not be correct in believing they had the flu, as opposed to a heavy cough or cold. Without laboratory testing it is very difficult to distinguish which patients have the flu and which have other respiratory illnesses. ...