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Can I still get the flu if I have had the vaccine?

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Friday, 25 September 2009 12:40
Yes. The ability of flu vaccine to protect a person depends on two things:
  1. The age and health status of the person getting the vaccine, and;
  2. The similarity or "match" between the virus strains in the vaccine and those in circulation.