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To: G Larry

Typically, it would cover one of the H3N2 and one of the H1N1 variants, along with one or two of the influenza B strains, depending on if it is a trivalent or a quadrivalent vaccine. I do not know specifically which influenza variants are included this year, but I can find out for you if you want.

I used to brief people on which flu vaccine strains were selected each year.


10 posted on 12/30/2017 2:14:49 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

I got the quad this October. I’ve always wondered how they project which strains to target.


28 posted on 12/30/2017 3:03:51 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: exDemMom

If I recall correctly, they chose not to include H2N3 in the vaccine this year, I’d be very curious to know if that is the strain going around this year.


37 posted on 12/30/2017 5:19:26 PM PST by dangerdoc
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