Posted October 28, 2019
Have the elderly people in your family missed their flu shot? If so, they may have made the right decision. The New York Times recently reported that “A growing number of immunologists and epidemiologists say the vaccine probably does not work very well for people over 70,” and that previous studies may have shown “not any actual protection against the flu virus but a fundamental difference between the kinds of people who get vaccines and those who do not . . . simply because they went to the doctor more often.” Read more.