We knew that was inevitable, we got the vaccine wrong this year. It happens.
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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Yeah this feels like just giving fuel to antivaxxers
The cocktail is always a guess. But man, we got rocked this season
25-30% effective and what's considered successful is 40_60% effective. So about half as effective as what's considered successful. Yes, they got the mix wrong this year but that's still millions of people less sick than they otherwise would have been, thousands less deaths than there would have been, at least millions less spent on healthcare than there would have been. And that's not even considering the knock on effects. How many suffered and/or died during the pandemic because there weren't enough healthcare resources to treat everyone who needed it? Absent vaccines the flu has the potential to overwhelm our healthcare system every year. The 4th, 10th, 11th, and 17th deadliest pandemics in history were strains of the flu.
At least 101 children have died so far this season. For those whose vaccination status is known, about 85% were not fully vaccinated against flu.
85% of the children who died from flu this year were unvaccinated. A "not very effective" vaccine year is still a huge net positive. Get your flu vaccine every fall.
SPOILER: Because we have a Brain Worm running the CDC
I know he's dog shit, but is there a known connection between the misjudged vaccine and BW?
If the CDC isn't properly tracking data (they aren't), then the vaccine producers are going to make the wrong cocktail for the season. Simple as that.
Horrible year for the strain choices to be off.
Viruses, evolving.