Flu shots?

[Dagney]

Originally posted by Beestie

Seems like the vaccine is only a guess anyway. I don't see why they can't just snuff out the flu altogether. Doesn't it come from a specific region in China (not unlike SARS)?

From what I remember during a tour of Wyeth (During an interview long ago and far away) they do statistical studies of flu cases and try to determine the likelihood of certain strains getting to the US (or whatever region they're producing for) during that year's flu season.

This year's flu vaccine recipe was determined last year and put together this past spring. It's a pot shot, but for the most part, it seems to work.

And as always, this is not 'fact', just memory from a degree I got 10 years ago.

Dagney