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Influenza vaccine, an Uncommon card
Influenza vaccines, colloquially known as flu shots or, in British English, flu jabs, are vaccines that reduce the risk of symptomatic infection and severe influenza disease caused by influenza viruses among those vaccinated.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 94
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Influenza vaccine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Influenza vaccine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Although their ______ varies from year to year, most offer moderate to strong protection against influenza.
Answer
effectiveness. Although their effectiveness varies from year to year, most offer moderate to strong protection against influenza. From the Influenza vaccine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Homeopathy. Homeopathy 400,000 · Electric car 140,000 · Influenza vaccine 58,000 · Health effects of smoking tobacco 22,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- New versions of the vaccine are developed twice annually, as the influenza viruses against which vaccine offers protection rapidly evolve.
- Although their effectiveness varies from year to year, most offer moderate to strong protection against influenza.
- Vaccination against influenza began in the 1930s, with large-scale availability in the United States beginning in 1945.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Influenza vaccine article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 94 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Influenza vaccine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Influenza vaccine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Airman Joseph R Schmitt, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
