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10 Vaccine Myths You Should Completely Ignore

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#3 Myth: I shouldn’t bother getting a flu shot because there are so many different strains

It’s important to remember that even if you get a different flu strain from the one in your vaccination, you will feel less sick if you got the flu shot than if you skipped it.

“Because there are so many different strains that circulate each year, the efficacy of the flu vaccine is often based on if it’s a good match between the strains of the vaccine and what’s circulating in the local community that year,” Dr. Fisher says.

“Even so, getting the flu vaccine will most likely, if you do end up getting the actual virus, it will be more likely to be much less severe because of the vaccine,” she adds.

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