Studies examining the efficacy of the influenza vaccination and safety of these vaccinations are of poor methodological quality and the impact of confounders is high, suggesting a wide gap between vaccination policy and the evidence of its use.

PMID: 

BMJ. 2006 Oct 28 ;333(7574):912-5. PMID: 17068038

Abstract Title: 

Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence.

Abstract: 

Each year enormous effort goes into producing influenza vaccines for that specific year and delivering them to appropriate sections of the population. Is this effort justified?

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