Dr. Offit Address the Question "Why Can’t We Make a Better Flu Vaccine?"
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Vaccine NewsEach year, we get vaccinated against influenza. Some people wonder why we don’t have a vaccine that works better. Recently, VEC Director, Dr. Paul Offit, wrote an article, “Why Can’t We Make a Better Flu Vaccine,” published on The Daily Beast website, in which he described the challenges to making a better influenza vaccine.
In the video below, Dr. Offit discusses these ideas and describes four possibilities for the difficulties encountered in the lab.
View this video with a transcript
For more information about influenza and the influenza vaccine:
- A Look at Each Vaccine: Influenza (webpage)
- Influenza Q&A: English | Spanish (PDF)
- Can a Flu Vaccine Give You the Flu? (video)
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