Results: Getting the Flu Shot!
Published on 11/30/2019
Most of the flu vaccines on the market today are made using chicken eggs, just like the ones you eat for breakfast. Scientists pick what flu strains they think will attack during the upcoming flu season, put those viruses in the egg where they multiply, and then once they've grown, use those viruses to make the vaccine.
But sometimes the viruses mutate inside the eggs, meaning that when they are put inside the vaccine, they don't match what's out there making people sick.
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Do you get yourself a flu shot every year?
Yes
45%
1390 votes
No
55%
1687 votes
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How important is it for you to get a flu shot? Very Important
34%
1051 votes
important
13%
393 votes
Somewhat Important
14%
436 votes
Not Important At All
39%
1197 votes
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Last spring, doctors at the NIH started testing universal flu shots on Sonn and other study participants to see how their bodies respond. Do you think a universal flu shot (one vaccine for all types of flu) can be produced in the near future? Yes
30%
924 votes
No
21%
645 votes
Undecided
49%
1508 votes
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If you have ever taken a flu shot, did you feel more sick after taking it? Yes
24%
728 votes
No
47%
1452 votes
Not Applicable
29%
897 votes
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