Flu Vaccine Doesn't Work for Kids

So what do you think of that headline?

I can't take credit for it, it was actually from an article in Time magazine. Yes, that Time magazine.

The University of Rochester did a study looking at children under 5 who got the flu against those that did not.

And what did they find?

The kids that got the flu shot were not any less likely to get the flu than those that did.

You might want to read that sentence again.

Isn't the flu shot suppossed to protect us from the flu? So why get one if you are still going to get the flu?

There's a question you might want to have the answer too.

So why is that if you get the flu vaccine you can still get the flu?

It is because there are thousands of strains of flu and hundreds more are discovered every year. The flu shot, assuming it even works which is a big assumption, only has protection against three strains of flu.

That means if you get one of the thousands of other strains, assuming the flu shot even works, you will still get the flu.

So should you get the flu shot? The choice is up to you.

Should you do a little more research into the efficacy of it before you get one? YES!