More Than Half of Americans Want a Flu Shot Despite the Science

There was an article this week in Medscape titled “Almost Half of Americans to Skip Flu Shot This Year”. Go ahead and click that embedded link in the title to see how the findings of a public opinion survey were presented, as though the fact that nearly half of Americans won’t get a flu shot this year was cause for lamentation. Also take note of the claims being made about the vaccine, including that it creates “herd immunity”.

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