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The 411 on the Flu and the Flu Vaccine
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Footnotes
1. WVLT News. February 2018. “CDC: Rapid Flu Tests Only 50 to 70 Percent Accurate.”
https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/CDC-Rapid-flu-tests-only-50-to-70-percent-accurate-472853873.html
[Accessed February 2020]
2. CDC. August 2020. “Who Needs a Flu Vaccine and When?”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccinations.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
3. CDC. January 2020. “How Well Flu Vaccines Work.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
4. CDC. February 2013. “Understanding Thimerosal, Mercury, and Vaccine Safety.”
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/conversations/downloads/vacsafe-thimerosal-color-office.pdf
[Accessed August 2020]
Content
1. CDC. January 2020. “Influenza: What You Need to Know for 2019-2020.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2019-2020.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
2. CDC. August 2020. “Influenza: Young Children.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
3. Tamiflu Website. Accessed August 2020. “Taking Tamiflu.”
https://www.tamiflu.com/taking-tamiflu.html
4. CDC. August 2020. “Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV)/Nasal Spray Vaccine.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/nasalspray.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
5. WHO. September 2019. “Recommended Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines for Use in the 2020 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Season.”
https://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/recommendations/201909_recommendation.pdf
[Accessed August 2020]
6. CDC. August 2020. “Key Facts about Flu Vaccines.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/keyfacts.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
7. CDC. November 2019. “Flu Vaccine and People with Egg Allergies.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/egg-allergies.htm
[Accessed August 2020]
8. FDA. Accessed August 2020. “Thimerosal and Vaccines.”
https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/thimerosal-and-vaccines
9. Immunize.org. August 2020. “State Information: Influenza Vaccine Mandate for Child Care and Pre-K.”
https://www.immunize.org/laws/flu_childcare.asp
[Accessed August 2020]
10. CDC. August 2020. “Influenza Antiviral Medications: Summary for Clinicians.”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/summary-clinicians.htm
[Accessed August 2020]