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Much higher success rate this year for the flu vaccine

Quoted: “70 to 80% of the time we get this correct, and every now and then there’s a miscalculation,” Dr. Jonathon Temte, UW Health, says

That’s because he says they are making the predictions 9 months before the flu season.

“Last year was one of those situations where the virus that emerged or started circulating was different than what was in the vaccine,” Dr. Temte says.