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Pauline Hanson’s warning after historic win + The truth about the flu jab
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Monday Headlines:
- Coalition leadership questions after Farrer by-election loss to One Nation
- Melbourne ‘ISIS brides’ to apply for bail
- Aussies stuck on hantavirus ship set to fly home tomorrow
- Woman charged after allegedly making antisemitic comments at junior netball game
- Best place to live in Australia revealed
Deep Dive: As we head into winter, Australians are being told the same thing: get your flu jab.
But how much do we know about the vaccine we’re encouraged to get every single year? And how effective is it really?
The science behind the flu jab is more nuanced than the public messaging often suggests - and that’s something infectious disease expert Professor Peter Collignon thinks we need to talk about more honestly.
In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with the ANU Medical School professor, physician and microbiologist about how the flu spreads, who benefits most from vaccination, and whether public health messaging around the flu shot has become too simplistic.
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