'Serial' flu shots may limit body's ability to fight virus in future: researchers

Image Courtesy of CTV News
Image Courtesy of CTV News

By Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca, November 5, 2016 

Few debates are as divisive in Canada.

Every year, those who swear by the influenza vaccine eagerly get jabbed. Others vehemently maintain that flu shots are either useless or do more harm than good. The latter camp, however, may now have some additional ammunition.

Although doctors maintain that flu shots are life-savers that everyone should receive, some researchers are uncovering hints that “serial vaccination” — that is, consistently receiving annual flu shots — may in fact limit one’s ability to fight the virus in the future.

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