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HEALTH BLOGS
category: health
02 Dec 2008
by: froosh
related tags: Elderly | Ageing | flu | flu shot | pneumonia |

Getting the flu shot does not make you invincible, according to a recent Group Health study. The study of 3, 500 people found that those who got the vaccine had the same risk of getting pneumonia as those who weren’t vaccinated.

This made researchers question whether the flu shot is as good as it was thought to be or that pneumonia does not stem from the flu.

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