Flu vaccine may have low effectiveness against dominant strain, Canada’s top public health doctor says

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Although it’s “too early to actually tell,” Canada’s chief public health officer says the manufacturing process may have caused a mutation that reduces the flu vaccine’s effectiveness against H3N2, a strain that tends to cause more severe illness among the elderly and children.

CBC | Health News

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