Flu vaccines not working for this year's flu according to : ksnt

Even though the flu shot doesn't help with this strand — nurses and doctors recommend you still get your flu shot. "Their flu shot is starting to wear off but there is also a different strand of flu that is going around that our flu shot did not cover," Romine said. And this is better than the flu season 2 years ago when that number was closer to 9%. Cover your cough – that's the message you always hear around flu season. This year's flu shot may not have you completely covered.




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Flu outbreak 2017: Severe strain of flu virus takes down 1000s in UK

GETTY OUTBREAK: A severe strain of the Flu virus is blighting Brits across the countryMILLIONS dead: the last major Flu pandemic Tuesday, 31st January 2017 The last major outbreak of the deadly H1N1 Flu virus was in 1918 at the close of WW1. A SEVERE strain of Flu virus has struck down thousands of Brits with health chiefs warning everyone stricken to "stay indoors". But with thermometers expected to nosedive to as low as -10C in February, the risk of flu virus contagion could increase before the end of winter. GETTY REMEDY: Flu vaccines can reduce your risk of catching the virusTwitter has been awash with Brits moaning about feeling under the weather, with some complaining of "double flu". Public Health England figures show flu levels have been soaring in recent weeks as temperatures across the UK plummet to punishing sub-zero lows.



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