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Flu jab doesn't work in healthy young adults

Hilary Butler - Sunday, July 27, 2008
Readers of the Sunday Star Times might have noticed a regular skinny column on page 16 of “Escape”, by Dr Paul Trotman, a Dunedin doctor. Today, he had a question from a fit healthy 36 year old, asking whether she should have the influenza shot.  His response was that when people looked at whether the flu vaccine works in fit healthy people NOT working in health care practice, that there is no ...

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