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Researchers determined the flu vaccine was 51 percent effective in high-risk children and 65 percent effective in low-risk kids. (The agency uses estimates rather than exact counts for adult influenza deaths because flu deaths tend to be underreported on death certificates and not all states are required to report them. "The vaccine is not perfect and some children in this study died from flu despite receiving [the] vaccine," Flannery said. Also, some people who die from flu complications aren't tested for the flu.) "It was surprising therefore that only one in three children with underlying risk factors for severe flu had been vaccinated."Among the healthy children who died of the flu, just 20 percent had received a seasonal flu vaccine.




While kids who have been vaccinated are not guaranteed to be immune from the disease, research showed that they are still less likely to die from flu than those who are unvaccinated. For instance, in 2011-2012, around 37 children died from the flu. It is still rare for children to die from flu, but there are cases every year, depending on the severity of the season. Live Science noted that of the children studied, it was found that only 26 percent were vaccinated against the flu virus before they were sick. Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said, "This shows you, once again, that kids should get their flu shot."