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The flu shot needs to be updated yearly, and it mostly prevents hospitalizations and deaths. Seems pretty similar.

The flu vaccine is about 70% effective against getting flu[0], but it varies wildly by year. The Pfizer mRNA vaccine is about 50% effective against catching COVID five months later[1] (for the delta variant, anyway), but the third dose seems to push that up substantially.

[0] https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/how-effective-is-flu-vaccine

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...



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