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Old Oct 28, 2019, 7:58 pm
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muji
 
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Originally Posted by ajGoes
The vaccine is much less effective in older people.
Nevertheless some protection is better than none. I know of elderly people who died from the flu. They were in the same hospital ward where I was when I had the flu.

The vast majority of flu-related deaths occur in people 65 years and older.
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