[Chances Are]

All this is very interesting, but you have to have a link so we can look at the hard data and the methodologies imposed.

I'll trust the numbers, thank you.

As for your last paragraph, is there data available for Japan in the post-1987 (or, post-1994) years? There ought to be a lot of data available. That was 22 years ago.

Thanks for any information-producing links you can send along.

CA....

[Mase]

Well, I had meant to include the links but, as usual, I was rushing to move on to other things.

NEJM: Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine in the Community-Dwelling Elderly

NEJM:The Japanese Experience with Vaccinating Schoolchildren against Influenza