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Flu Season Scenario #2
Author(s)Terry Brenneman, MD
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The mother of a needle-phobic and mildly egg-allergic 8-year-old convinces your partner to give her child the intradermal flu vaccine Fluzone ID. The mother calls you that afternoon after reading that the intradermal vaccine is only approved for persons aged 18 through 64.
She asks for your recommendation and you tell her:
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