Patient Info Sheet for the Flu Vaccine for Informed Consent Cammy Benton, MD For the Pro side, please visit the   https://www.cdc.gov/flu/ It is important to review both sets of data to make an informed decision. 1 .   Jefferson T, Di Pietrantonj C, Rivetti A, Bawazeer GA, Al ... (n.d.). Retrieved from https://residenciadeclinica.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/influenza-vaccines-cochrane-review-20101.pdf ·        Collaboration report included 40 clinical trial studies of more than 70,000 people a perfectly matched year, it showed up to 80% benefit.  ·        But since they don’t often match the flu strains perfectly, it listed 50% effectiveness, to as low as 30% effectiveness, with the flu vaccine. So just as many people theoretically benefited as didn’t on an average year.   ·        It showed modest days lost from work with the vaccine and NO ...