The flu vaccine is working better than doctors feared, but still is not especially effective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports overall this year’s vaccine is 36 percent effective. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer, Kim Mueller, says the good news is that it works better in kids. The vaccine provided 59 percent protection against H3N2 in children eight and younger. Mueller says vaccine effectiveness is tricky to measure, because there is no way to know how many vaccinated people never got ill at all. She says getting vaccinated is still better than no protection. Meanwhile, Mueller says the number of flu cases in Wisconsin remains high but continues to drop.
