Ineffective flu vaccine added to 50,000 extra deaths last winter, ONS says – Independent (2018)

The flu vaccine’s failure to protect against some of the key strains of the infection contributed to more than 50,000 “extra” deaths in England and Wales last winter, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.

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