2026-04-26 23:39 UTC
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@mitram@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-26 23:47
Is the "revolutionary flu shot" even feasible at the moment? From the little I understand about the topic, our hopes of getting rid of the flu are pretty much none until vaccines for the constantly adapting flu virus are very cheap and very quick to develop/deploy. Until then, the virus will simply adapt to the old vaccines quicker than we can counter it.
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@rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-27 00:09
> Anyone know much about the efficacy of the flu part of it? A full cohort study would have to be made to attest to that. But guessing from the efficacies of the corona vax, probably not a drastic difference. > is this the revolutionary flu shot that takes us out of the yearly flu vaccine rat race or not that far yet? Not a chance. As the flu virus mutates every so often, new vaccines will have to be made to adapt to the current epidemiology. It is a circular race.
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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-04-27 17:12
It works as well as existing flu shots, which rely of an educated guess on which flu strain will hit NA in the fall. This dual vaccine is just convenient.