The doctor character that testifies about how the flu vaccine works is incorrect. Each year, scientists have to work out what flu strain is going to be prevalent that year. The problem is the flu vaccine mutates a lot, and if they choose the wrong one, the vaccine is not as affective - unlike what the doctor character states. I know this because this happened to me one year and as someone with multiple chronic illnesses, I developed ME/CFS as a result.
Saying that, I still have the flu vaccine every year and urge others to do so. I just wanted to make this point because not everyone recognises that what is said on a fiction show isn't fully researched.
Shout by Heather TBlockedParent2024-04-27T14:25:15Z
The doctor character that testifies about how the flu vaccine works is incorrect. Each year, scientists have to work out what flu strain is going to be prevalent that year. The problem is the flu vaccine mutates a lot, and if they choose the wrong one, the vaccine is not as affective - unlike what the doctor character states. I know this because this happened to me one year and as someone with multiple chronic illnesses, I developed ME/CFS as a result.
Saying that, I still have the flu vaccine every year and urge others to do so. I just wanted to make this point because not everyone recognises that what is said on a fiction show isn't fully researched.