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Does seasonal flu vaccine protect against the pandemic virus?

April 26, 2017flu Pandemic protect seasonal vaccine virus

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Does seasonal flu vaccine protect against the pandemic virus?

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Answer Available flu vaccines only protect against the currently circulating ordinary flu. The virus causing a pandemic will be so different from the strains in the vaccine that they are unlikely to provide any significant immunity in a pandemic situation.

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Available flu vaccines only protect against the currently circulating ordinary seasonal flu. The virus causing swine flu is different from the strains in the vaccine since they are unlikely to provide any significant immunity in the swine flu pandemic situation.