Intended for healthcare professionals

CCBYNC Open access

Rapid response to:

Views & Reviews No Holds Barred

Margaret McCartney: What use is mass flu vaccination?

BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6182 (Published 20 October 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g6182

Rapid Response:

Cost Effective Mass Flu Vaccination is Useful in Children

Flu vaccination may not be useful in elders but it is useful in children. Flu vaccination may reduce the incidence of flu more than 80% with near total prevention of death due to flu in children. So cost effective mass flu vaccination is very useful in children.

Competing interests: No competing interests

30 October 2014
M A Aleem
Neurologist
Kapv Govt medical college MGM Govt hospital ABC hospital l acC Inpsl
Trichy 620018