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To: suzyq5558
they got the flu shot ,the rest of us did not and yet they still got this flu and pretty bad.

The cross reactivity data is mostly from animals and the current version of fujian-like flu has already drifted from last years A/fujian/411/2002 which I believe is what was used in the animal tests.

The next flu batch (for southern hemisphere) will probably use A/Wyoming/3/2003, which is from a Feb 2003 isolate, and the current version has already drifted from Wyoming also.

WHO is clearly playing "catch up", but may be accelerating mutations by using a vaccine that is only partially effective against Fujian (although 20-30% of H3N2 in the US is much closer to the Panama strain in the current vaccine).

26 posted on 12/08/2003 8:46:14 PM PST by torstars
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To: torstars
So in other words the vaccine may not be as affective?
27 posted on 12/08/2003 8:48:53 PM PST by suzyq5558 (news anchor's, national commie's on view for all to gaze at with eye-popping disgust)
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