Even so, health experts recommend that you get your annual flu shot (or nasal mist), if you haven’t done so already. The drugs stop new flu viruses from leaving their host cell and finding new cells to infect. MillionsThe (rough) number of Americans who could be spared the flu by getting a flu shot, even if the vaccine’s effectiveness is somewhere between 30% and 60%. 38.6%The percentage of Americans over the age of 6 months who had gotten a flu shot or nasal mist by early November. Flu shot producers expect to make between 151 million and 166 million doses of vaccine this flu season.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 07, 2017 18:00 UTC