Sometimes good ideas don’t work out so well in practice. Today’s case in point comes from the Mayo Clinic News Network via the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu nasal spray vaccine (FluMist) should not be used for the 2016-17 flu season because it doesn’t work. The CDC also recommends that everyone over 6 months of age get a flu shot instead.
In a recent report, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices says the nasal spray vaccine was shown to have poor efficacy in flu prevention over the past few seasons, especially during 2015-16 season (3 percent protection versus 60 percent protection from the injectable vaccine).
