Across news media, television, newspaper, and social media, reports have come in that this is the worst flu season in years. Individuals are at home from work and school, coughing, sneezing, sniffling, aching with fevers. They curse the fact that they contracted the flu in the first place. Those that received the flu shot, curse the flu shot claiming it is ineffective and didn't work. How the Flu Shot Works In order to understand why someone would get the flu even though they got a flu shot, one must first understand how the flu shot works. The flu shot is determined every year by the World Health Organization (WHO). They determine which strains of the flu are most likely to occur in the population based on the flu virus that is present in the population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States work with the WHO to determine which viruses will be most prevalent in our country. The virus selected is injected into eggs. (This is the reason so
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