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On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
So if the vaccine that we are using now has been viewed as 23 percent effective, and usually in the past it has been 50 to 60 percent effectiveness, are we seeing--maybe it is Dr. Schuchat, are we seeing a commensurate increase in the incidents of flu?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the effectiveness of the current flu vaccine and its impact on flu incidents.

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