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Flu Predictions Led To Wrong Type To Be Implemented

Atlanta- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a report that shows that the influenza vaccine that is being used this year is largely ineffective.

The prediction for the flu virus this year was off the mark. Because of this the type and composition of the Influenza vaccine prepared and utilized was the wrong formulation. The type of influenza that actually struck was not the type that was prepared for.

This year’s flu prediction was the most in error of any in the last three seasons.

Normally the scientists who issue the predictions cause protection coverage of about 70-90 percent depending on the accuracy of the influenza prediction.

The coverage for the 2007-2008 influenza season is estimated at the best to have been about 44 percent. Even if a person followed all of the issues precautions and received the influenza vaccine, they faced a 6 in 10 chance of contracting the disease.

The expected strains of influenza, type A and type B were not exactly what presented itself.

The annual flu vaccination process is largely hit or miss, depending on a complicated set of predictions. Hopefully the predictions and information gained from the ineffective 2008 influenza vaccination attempts will be used to make next years predictions more accurate.