Peter Attia· MD
influenza virus for example mutate so much from one year to the next the natural infection or immunization from the previous year doesn't affect you hence the need for a yearly vaccine
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
influenza virus for example mutate so much from one year to the next the natural infection or immunization from the previous year doesn't affect you hence the need for a yearly vaccine
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influenza which has so much genetic drift that every year you have to get a new vaccine if you want to have any chance of being vaccinated