{"id":9591,"date":"2018-02-16T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2018-02-16T08:41:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:41:11","slug":"three-quarters-of-people-who-got-flu-shot-this-year-werent-protected-against-most-common-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9591","title":{"rendered":"Three-quarters of people who got flu shot this year weren\u2019t protected against most common strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Helen Branswell for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">Three-quarters of people who got a flu shot this year were not protected against H3N2 flu, the viruses that have caused the lion\u2019s share of disease in what has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/01\/12\/flu-season-cdc\/\">one of the most difficult flu seasons<\/a>\u00a0in years in the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/02\/15\/flu-shot-vaccine\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--pJL3vCWBeftodywlRtvulJ6gmG9nx3jIE2WdOy-sXhyXIvkUcUH3p5MkBUElHmaA_vA5Mt1i1ReBeP1fECC3HMWQbdg&amp;_hsmi=60738312\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Three-quarters of people who got a flu shot this year were not protected against H3N2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9592,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions\/9592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}