FluMist
If you are not familiar with FluMist here is my 'plug' for it. Studies have shown it has greater protection in years when the circulating strain was not included in the vaccine. So everyone who received the shot may have gotten sick from the wild strain of flu. However, 87% of the recipients who received FluMist didn’t get sick. Why? The vaccine recognized the virus as flu and stopped it. The FluMist is introduced into the nasal cavity creating a 1st line of defense.
Here are some stats:
For the strains of influenza that the vaccines were designed for, FluMist was 44% more effective than the injected vaccine (flu attack rates: TIV, 2.4%; CAIV-T, 1.4%). However, FluMist was discovered to be even more effective compared with the injectable vaccine against a variant of the target H3N2 strain that appeared during the flu season studied (attack rates: TIV, 4.5%; CAIV-T, 1.0%), according to MedImmune.
Thus, FluMist had a combined 55% greater rate of effectiveness against both matched and mismatched strains (overall attack rates: TIV, 8.6%; CAIV-T, 3.9%).
http://id_center.apic.org/apic/influenza/general/news/may1706flumist.html
FluMist is preservative free vaccine available to ages 2 years to 49 year old healthy subjects.
Interested in getting vaccinated go to FLUMIST.com search by zip code for your physician to see if they carry the vaccine. If not visit Passport Health!
A Passport Health of Tampa Bay "Health & Travel Tips" Newsletter Article, November 2007
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