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06 Apr 2020
Scientists have never correctly predicted the flu virus mutation for the following year.

Is a 100% undebated absolute fact that they have never guessed the right flu virus for the mutation of what the main flu is the next year. And it's always a whole bunch of flus, dozens and dozens of them. Does nothing to protect you from the next flu if it's not the exact flu.

06 Apr 2020
The flu vaccine is effective against the strains it targets, and it is dishonest to claim that scientists have never guessed the correct flu strain for a given year.

Alex isn't really being honest there about the flu vaccine. It is true that oftentimes flu strains pop up in human populations that aren't the ones that are covered by that year's vaccine, but it's pretty ridiculous to say that scientists have never guessed the right strain.