But I think the majority of those cases - at least the ones reported in the press, were due to a bacterial infection, spread in water droplets.
Likewise. Reason given it that the main flu season is December to February and as the vaccine is only effective for 3 or 4 months they like to ensure protection for the main season.
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smokers cough obvious.
LOL!
It reminds me of all those people who said the COVID-19 vaccine was not real because it only lasted six months but had no problem with the flu vaccine.
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Well, at least its moving in the right direction. From “there’s no Covid”, to “vaccines kill”, to “vaccines are effective only for 3-4 months” 
Give them some credit!
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Actually I think the vaccine is effective against the particular strain for many months. The Challenge is that the virus mutates…
As does the Covid one, so yes, quite similar, in both cases though the immune response even to the original strain does get lower over time.
We got our flu shot on Saturday (at work). I did not have any side effects, my teen had some arm pain.
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Unfortunately, they will take the rest of us with them by spreading all the old scourges. Wait until their children die of measles, and let’s see what they think, if anything.
Not if we are vaccinated and they will sooner or later get Darwin awards
not everyone can be vaccinated!
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The problem is that the measles vaccine is only 97% effective and is probably the most infectious disease which we have so for somewhere like Dallas, even if everyone was vaccinated, the vaccine will be ineffective in 40,000 people - and for some of those, it will cause long term medical problems, or death.
I know that is simplifying it but herd immunity due to a vaccination programme is why vaccines work but drop the vaccination rate down too far and no one is safe.
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Apparently I have (some) immunity against Mpox because of the Smallpox vaccination I had as an adolescent.
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That´s good to hear.
From BAG:
“Mpox vaccination is advised for anyone who may be exposed to the virus in the course of their work (such as persons working on the virus in laboratories), for men who have sex with men and for trans persons who frequently change their sexual partners.”
Poorly worded, that reads like it’s only “trans persons” who change partners frequently. Elsewhere on the site, or perhaps it’s just that I’m looking at an English version rather than one translated from German, it’s slightly better worded, but not much.
"… cases reported have particularly (but not exclusively) involved men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans people with multiple and changing male sexual partners. "
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If everyone was vaccinated, measles, chickenpox and rubella would have disappeared completely.
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Well yes, because the chance of someone who had had the vaccine but was not immune coming into contact (at that point in time when they were infectious) and infecting someone who had also had the vaccine and was also not immune would be so incredibly small as to be zero.
I wish these Republicans would realise that measles is not something to be ignored and has a death rate of 1 in 500 plus blindness and other disabilities.
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From the Swiss times:
National flu vaccination day on Friday
Published: Wednesday, Nov 6th 2024, 15:00
The vaccination against this year’s flu has been available since mid-October. Unvaccinated people can now be vaccinated spontaneously against the disease on National Flu Vaccination Day on Friday in over 1200 pharmacies and numerous doctors’ surgeries. The flu epidemic does not usually start until December.
People over 65, the chronically ill, premature babies from the sixth month and pregnant women should be vaccinated, as the initiators of the vaccination day announced on Wednesday. Vaccination is also recommended for people who have regular contact with this group of people or with babies under six months of age. People in contact with poultry or wild birds are also recommended.
The best time to get vaccinated is between mid-October and the start of the flu epidemic. This usually arrives in Switzerland in January or February. The national vaccination day is an initiative of the College of General Practitioners (KHM) in collaboration with the Swiss Medical Association (FMH), the Swiss Pharmacists’ Association (PharmaSuisse) and the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
©Keystone/SDA
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