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Last year, 2 separate vaccines were required for seasonal flu and H1N1 prophylaxis. The new vaccine protects against:
A/California/7/09 (H1N1)-like virus (pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus),
A/Perth /16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus, and
B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.
Originally posted by Roid_Rage27
I cannot for the life of me understand why someone would take a flu vaccine.
They have already proven that Vitamin D is much more effective at preventing the flu.
Some people deserve what they get I suppose.
Your decision to do the right thing could possibly save a
life.
If scientists discovered something that worked better than vaccines at preventing influenza, you'd think they would jump all over it, right? After all, isn't the point to protect children and adults from influenza?
A clinical trial led by Mitsuyoshi Urashima and conducted by the Division of Molecular Epidemiology in the the Department of Pediatrics at the Jikei University School of Medicine Minato-ku in Tokyo found that vitamin D was extremely effective at halting influenza infections in children. The trial appears in the March, 2010 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Am J Clin Nutr (March 10, 2010). doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.29094)