Originally Posted by Libertine

A beautiful article. Rarely have I seen journalists contradict themselves so incredibly clearly.

When trying to discount the effects of the vaccine on the elderly, they say this:



And a page and a half later, they conclude as follows:



Wait... what? Flu vaccines may be mere talismans? Didn't the article just state that at the very least, young, healthy people are in fact protected to some extent by flu vaccines?

That said, I'm all for doing more studies. The more the better - if only to see which types of a vaccine against a specific disease have the best results. Still, it would be nice if journalists could at least be consistent in their articles.