New Zealand’s low flu vaccination rate w/ University of Auckland Associate Professor Helen Petousis-Harris
This year New Zealand has seen a particularly bad flu season, with multiple Emergency Departments across the country being overloaded with sick patients and running well above capacity. With an aging population the flu is becoming an increasingly serious illness for the country, but despite this only 58% of over 65 year olds, and a quarter of the total population have been vaccinated. To discuss the impacts of a low flu vaccination rate and how New Zealand can improve its numbers, producer Thomas talked to University of Auckland Associate Professor Helen Petousis-Harris.
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