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Re:California’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak could last years... by Xeoncross on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:21AM (#15416976)
> The current version of hepatitis A [vaccine] grants immunity for life after the second dose.

Wait, this makes it sound fool-proof. I know it's supposed to do this, but how successful is this vaccine at actually doing this for __% of the population?

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Re:California’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak could last years... by Xylakant on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:36AM (#15417083)
95% for at least 15 years, jo numbers given on lifelong immunity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_A_vaccine

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