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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by nradov on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:24PM (#29421136)
False. The seasonal influenza vaccine creators haven't been increasingly getting bad at that guessing game. Vaccine effectiveness estimates have fluctuated up and down randomly with no clear trend.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/past-seasons-estimates...

Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by dnautics on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:51PM (#29421522)
are we looking at the same data? It's hovering around 40% with at least two duds, when it used to be in the high fifties, even 60%. Plus, this is a table of strictly "seasonal" flus. There is no clear definition of what constitutes a "seasonal" flu; If I'm not mistaken, "non-seasonal" is just a catch-all for flus that weren't part of the vaccine package.