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minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThere are multiple strains every year, the shot has a mix of the most prevalent ones, you could have caught a rarer strain. You can feel special, you got the rare shiny variant of the flu!
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoOr, alternately, the shot just isn’t effective this year. It happens. We won’t know until the season is over. https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20241004/the-flu-vaccine-might-be-less-effective-this-year
There are multiple strains every year, the shot has a mix of the most prevalent ones, you could have caught a rarer strain.
You can feel special, you got the rare shiny variant of the flu!
Or, alternately, the shot just isn’t effective this year. It happens. We won’t know until the season is over.
https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20241004/the-flu-vaccine-might-be-less-effective-this-year