In best matched years, the efficacy is about 60%, this year, it will be about 40%.
The problem is all the lessons of hygeine and masking from 2020-2022 are gone, mostly driven by teachers who refuse to mask but have ALL been out >1 week with flu at my kid’s high school.
Ontario is cold Florida. We approach public health with denial now.
Further down in the article it mentions that the spike in infections is partly due to a flu type that wasn’t targeted by this year’s vaccine.
In best matched years, the efficacy is about 60%, this year, it will be about 40%.
The problem is all the lessons of hygeine and masking from 2020-2022 are gone, mostly driven by teachers who refuse to mask but have ALL been out >1 week with flu at my kid’s high school.
Ontario is cold Florida. We approach public health with denial now.