Matthew Motta, Dominik Stecula, and Kathryn Haglin are postdoctoral fellows, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Many Americans hold beliefs about the flu vaccine that are at odds with the best available scientific evidence. For example, a recent study found that more than two-fifths, or 43 percent, of Americans believe that the seasonal flu vaccine can give us the flu. Scientific research strongly suggests that this is not true. Because most modern flu shots do not contain a live virus, the shot itself simply cannot get …
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