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Why don't flu shots give people a flu infection?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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Because the infectious agent (the flu virus) contained in the vaccine is either "dead"/inactivated (for the injected types) or weakened/attenuated but "alive." Neither can make you sick, but it can trigger your immune system to make you immune if the real thing is encountered.

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