Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
- Written by Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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A recent article in The Conversation questioned whether we should all get flu vaccinations, given 99 people would have to go through vaccination for one case of flu to be prevented.
But this position ignores the purpose of immunisation programs: whole...
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