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Originally Posted by Pugchief
Ya, okay, I didn't express my point with the best wording - nothing to do with reading comprehension.
Bill implied that the Flu vax was, while not 100% effective, was close:
The point I was trying to make was that it is not anywhere close to 100% effective, and that's assuming they even guess right on the strain du jour.
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That may be what you read but that is not what I meant. I meant exact what I wrote: the flu vaccine is not 100% effective. (It looks like on its best days it is 60% effective but I don’t recall if that was preventing the flu or preventing serious illness)
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