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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Mike Stobbe

INSANE: Flu vaccines didn t work that well in the us officials find - The Real Truth

CDC scientists estimate there have been at least 27 million illnesses, 350,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths from flu so far this season - (Getty)

The flu vaccine had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade this flu season, U.S. health officials say.

A new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched to the vaccine, leading to an intense early onslaught of flu.

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