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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by dekhn on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:29PM (#19342370)
yes, but last year wasn't a good example for the vaccine- it wasn't protective, which is why so many people died.
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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by ceejayoz on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:43PM (#19342491)
That's a good example of why work should continue on flu vaccines.
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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by andrewflnr on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:20PM (#19343849)
Cool, but you do realize that not a single person on this thread is disputing that, right?
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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by ceejayoz on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:41PM (#19343940)
The comment thread you're in literally started with the statement "I have a hard time understanding the benefit of putting flu related medicine".
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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by andrewflnr on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:09PM (#19347141)
"[pushing] flu related medicine" on healthy people today is an entirely orthogonal question to doing research that improves said medicine.
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