Concerns About The Flu Vaccine??

Flu season’s barely starting, but most cases are being caused by a strain

called H3N2 this year. Because of that, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health warning issued to doctors Wednesday night. We asked Kelly Dixon at Mayo in La Crosse if this is something to be concerned about.

 

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Dixon says the flu vaccine protects against three or four strains of flu…..there’s always a mix of flu viruses going around…..and H3N2 is one of them. But the strain of H3N2 infecting most people has mutated and only about half of cases match the vaccine.