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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)