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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_FLU_VACCINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-02-08-23-12WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flu vaccination is no longer merely a choice between a jab in the arm or a squirt in the nose. This fall, some brands promise a little extra protection.
For the first time, certain vaccines will guard against four strains of flu rather than the usual three. Called quadrivalent vaccines, these brands may prove more popular for children than their parents. That's because kids tend to catch the newly added strain more often.
These four-in-one vaccines are so new that they'll make up only a fraction of the nation's supply of flu vaccine, so if you want a dose, better start looking early.
But that's only one of an unprecedented number of flu vaccine options available this year.
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some flu vaccines offer a little more protection (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2013
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SheilaT
(23,156 posts)1. By the middle of August I was seeing flu vaccines being offered,
which seems a bit early in the season.
I was under the impression that it took until right before flu season, in late fall, for the vaccines to be figured out.
Nay
(12,051 posts)2. Really? I haven't seen anything offered yet in Richmond, VA. I'd love to go get my shot
ASAP, but it's Sept 3 and I haven't seen any offered.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)3. I'm in Santa Fe, NM.
Have no idea why they'd show up here so early.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)4. That sounds about right
barring some sort of manufacturing issue (which has happened multiple times in the last 10 years) flue vaccines start shipping to doctors / hospitals / etc. around mid august.