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Do You Need a High-Dose Flu Shot? – Lifehacker Australia

The flu vaccine is more important than ever this year, so if you’re encountering the different versions for the first time, some of them may be confusing. Yes, there is a high-dose flu vaccine, and it’s one of the versions recommended for people over 65. What…

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The flu vaccine is more important than ever this year, so if youre encountering the different versions for the first time, some of them may be confusing. Yes, there is a high-dose flu vaccine, and its one of the versions recommended for people over 65.
What does high dose mean?
The way a vaccine works is to expose your immune system to a little bit of antigen. The antigen is something that the immune system can recognise and later respond to; in many flu vaccines, the antigen is an influenza v…

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