35%-60% is relative effectiveness as I understand it. Absolute risk is way less.
“ A review looking at vaccination in older adults identified eight randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with over 5000 participants and found that OLDER adults receiving the influenza vaccine may experience less influenza over a single season compared with placebo, from 6% to 2.4%.”
The results of a wider review of literature of RCTs from multiple sources of healthy 16-65 year olds (80,000 total cohort) found as low as 0.9%. It’s not worth the gas to drive to get one, IMO.
35%-60% is relative effectiveness as I understand it. Absolute risk is way less.
“ A review looking at vaccination in older adults identified eight randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with over 5000 participants and found that OLDER adults receiving the influenza vaccine may experience less influenza over a single season compared with placebo, from 6% to 2.4%.”
The results of a wider review of literature of RCTs from multiple sources of healthy 16-65 year olds (80,000 total cohort) found as low as 0.9%. It’s not worth the gas to drive to get one, IMO.
All the data here with CIs, etc.
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001269.pub6/full?cookiesEnabled
I understand.. and stand corrected. you made my point in spades.