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A recent survey revealed factors driving vaccine acceptance—or hesitancy—in a group of cancer patients, highlighting the importance of vaccine counseling by the oncologist.
Older adults are advised to protect themselves from flu and shingles, but is offering adjuvanted vaccinations for both conditions simultaneously an acceptable option? Expedient, yes. Safe…?
According to these data, the risk of MI and stroke over 5 years in people vaccinated and not vaccinated, respectively, was 1.29% vs 1.82% and 1.61% vs 2.20% (p<0.05 for both MI and stroke comparisons).