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CommonHealth: As Flu Season Starts Early, How Effective Is The Vaccine?

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December 11, 2017

Meghna Chakrabarti
Kassandra Sundt
Carey Goldberg

In this Sept. 17, 2015, file photo, a nurse administers a flu vaccine shot in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Flu season is off to an early start and, while getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent getting the flu, there are some concerns that this year's vaccine may not be quite as effective against the most dominant strain of the virus.

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Carey Goldberg, host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets @commonhealth.

This segment aired on December 11, 2017.

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Meghna Chakrabarti Host, On Point
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Kassandra Sundt Producer/Reporter
Kassandra Sundt was a Radio Boston producer and reporter at WBUR. She started at the station as a Here & Now intern in 2010.

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Carey Goldberg Editor, CommonHealth
Carey Goldberg is the editor of WBUR's CommonHealth section.

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CommonHealth: As Flu Season Starts Early, How Effective Is The Vaccine?

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