Every year in the United States, almost 20 percent of the population gets infected by the seasonal influenza virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends people over the age of 6 months to receive the seasonal flu vaccine.
However, the flu vaccination coverages vary greatly by age group. For instance, during the 2020–2021 flu season, it was estimated that approximately 75 percent of people aged 65 and older received at least one dose of the flu vaccine, whereas less than 40 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 49 received theirs.
Regardless of the different vaccination rates among different age groups in the United States, a large portion of the population gets vaccinated against the seasonal influenza every year. However, most people don’t know how these vaccines are made, what are the vaccine’s true protection rates for each year, as well as the potential adverse events they may experience due to flu vaccines and/or their manufacturing processes….