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The last sentence of that Cochrane review summary points out that no randomized controlled trials have been done, and that the benefit to the elderly may reflect the lack of randomization. The second doi study cited is a study to look at that selection bias, and actually found that the entirety of the protective effect could be due to the bias. This makes it difficult to conclude that the influenza vaccine has any effectiveness in the elderly.


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