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-what is the use of the influenza vaccine (even mandatory for health professionals!) in the USA where almost half of the population get the vaccine (around 150 millions each year)? ( http://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1415estimates.htm ) US Mortality Rates from Infectious Diseases Holding Steady. Pneumonia and influenza were the most common causes, accounting for 38.3% of infectious disease deaths during that time period. The mortality rate from pneumonia and the flu held steady between 1980 and 2014, at 17.1 per 100,000. http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2585966 http://www.medicalbag.com/medicine/us-mortality-rates-from-infectious-diseases-holding-steady/article/575032/ -un saludo juan gérvas @JuanGrvas MD, PhD, retired rural GP, visiting professor National School of Public Health (Dep of International Health, Madrid-Spain), visiting professor (1991-2003) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Dep of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore-USA)