11-02-2004, 05:16 PM
MEAT,Oct 30 2004, 03:36 AM Wrote:My question is can't the virus just easily and quickly mutate to a point where the vaccine is useless? I mean, I got vaccinated one year and got very sick so it's hardly foolproof.
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The virus can change from year to year. Not to mention the fact that the flu vaccine for each year is based on an educated guess by those "in the know" of which flu strain they should be innoculating the population for. Many times they are right, sometimes they are wrong.
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