10-18-2008, 05:06 PM
Got one on campus last week. Free. Done it for the past 7 years now. No flu during that time. Not claiming causality, but the correlation is pretty strong for the general public.
However, the causality link is well established for high-risk medical conditions as the PRISMA study concluded: Persons with high-risk medical conditions of any age can substantially benefit from annual influenza vaccination during an epidemic.
The PRISMA study was a large n study with subjects from ages 2-80 that took place from 1999-2001 in the Netherlands. It's hard to argue with the data. There's a connection between getting the vaccine and the incidence of influenza. It's not a placebo.
http://tinyurl.com/5fys7t
However, the causality link is well established for high-risk medical conditions as the PRISMA study concluded: Persons with high-risk medical conditions of any age can substantially benefit from annual influenza vaccination during an epidemic.
The PRISMA study was a large n study with subjects from ages 2-80 that took place from 1999-2001 in the Netherlands. It's hard to argue with the data. There's a connection between getting the vaccine and the incidence of influenza. It's not a placebo.
http://tinyurl.com/5fys7t