And the flu shot is the "best guess" of the strains we'll see the...

...following year. Sometimes it's pretty close, and sometimes they miss the mark. Would say flu deaths vary from year to year primarily because of that...

Would guess the percentage of people getting the flu shot is fairly constant. Smart people get it, others...

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Posted: 03/26/2020 at 08:30AM

For those comparing number of flu deaths to COVID-19 deaths -- uwhokie 03/25/2020 9:54PM

They have to "guess" for several reasons -- HokieForever 03/26/2020 09:57AM

That's how most virus killes you (link HIV and Covid) -- 48zip 03/26/2020 2:03PM

WHO Link -- HokieForever 03/26/2020 10:00AM

They have to ** -- HokieForever 03/26/2020 09:48AM

As long as >40% choose not to take vaccine, the number is apples/oranges -- 48zip 03/26/2020 07:59AM

And the flu shot is the "best guess" of the strains we'll see the... -- EDGEMAN 03/26/2020 08:30AM

I didn't start getting it until maybe 5-10 years ago. I was a big dummy. ** -- reestuart 03/26/2020 09:01AM

Also, year after year increases effectiveness -- turkeywinghokie 03/26/2020 09:25AM

Building your body's natural immune system helps too! -- EDGEMAN 03/26/2020 10:05AM

"Dies with" vs "dies of". ** -- ColoVT82 03/26/2020 04:01AM

I suspect there is a bit of that for all diseases. Flu, C19 & others. ** -- Hoakie82 03/25/2020 10:24PM

And to secure funding ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/25/2020 10:01PM

And the flu shot is the "best guess" of the strains we'll see the...

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