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April 22, 2020

How effective is the flu vaccine for 2019-2020?

21 CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the current influenza vaccine has been 45% effective overall against 2019-2020 seasonal influenza A and B viruses. Specifically, the flu vaccine has been 50% effective against influenza B/Victoria viruses and 37% effective against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09.Feb 26, 2020.

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So if and when a vaccine for coronavirus is developed, how effective will it be??? Any vaccine will not be a panacea.

I am still putting my hope and prayers into a cocktail of therapeutic drugs that will hold the coronavirus at bay...

April 21, 2020

Coronavirus has mutated 30 times...

https://twitter.com/thesun/status/1252689102765543425

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I read somewhere it changes every 15 days...

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