Yeh I’m one of the anti vaccers. This isn’t 1918 and 10% protection isn’t worth the risk of the vaccine but its a choice everyone has to make. I’m staying away from crowds, busy stores etc for the next 6 weeks.
10% effectiveness was the number the media hyped. It’s from the Australian flu season and is not accurate for the U.S. I’m seeing 30-40% effectiveness numbers being cited for the U.S.
I am a physician in urgent care/family practice and was just told about a patient from an urgent care center within our care group about 10 miles from where I now sit. An otherwise healthy guy in mid-fifties came in late December and was diagnosed with influenza B (usually milder than A) continued with a cough into January, seen again (x-ray negative), but started on the right antibiotic and sent home. Went to hospital because of trouble breathing a few days later and died a few days after admission. He was not initially started on Tamiflu because his symptoms started 4 days prior.