t*******n 发帖数: 4445 | 1 Just saw this through /.
Any thoughts?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200911/brownlee-h1n1
Whether this season’s swine flu turns out to be deadly or mild, most
experts agree that it’s only a matter of time before we’re hit by a truly
devastating flu pandemic—one that might kill more people worldwide than
have died of the plague and aids combined. In the U.S., the main lines of
defense are pharmaceutical—vaccines and antiviral drugs to limit the spread
of flu and prevent people from dying f |
c*****b 发帖数: 164 | 2 Vaccination matters. But not confident about the seasonal flu vaccine, I
would get flu-like illness after I have the regular flu vaccine.:(. |
g*****j 发帖数: 1211 | 3 Great article. Thank you! |
t*******n 发帖数: 4445 | 4 Found another article:
"Assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of influenza
vaccines in healthy children: systematic review"
Lancet 2005; 365: 773–80
http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/news/report/2005/flu/94.pdf
Summary: World-wide literature review of flu vaccine on children up to 16
yrs. When measured in terms of lab-confirmed flu cases, live attenuated
vaccine has 79% efficacy (i.e. ideal usage) and 38% effectiveness (i.e. real
-world usage). Inactivated vaccines has 65% efficacy, and in childr
【在 t*******n 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Just saw this through /. : Any thoughts? : http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200911/brownlee-h1n1 : Whether this season’s swine flu turns out to be deadly or mild, most : experts agree that it’s only a matter of time before we’re hit by a truly : devastating flu pandemic—one that might kill more people worldwide than : have died of the plague and aids combined. In the U.S., the main lines of : defense are pharmaceutical—vaccines and antiviral drugs to limit the spread : of flu and prevent people from dying f
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c*****b 发帖数: 164 | 5 another good article:
"Such a one-shot-fits-all vaccine would also end the guessing game that now
occurs at the beginning of each year as scientists decide which strains
should be included in the seasonal vaccine for the following winter. If they
guess wrong, the vaccine is less effective. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/science/19vacc.html |