Why Canada is predicted to have a bad flu season and what vaccine mismatch has to do with it

There is, however, one surefire way to lessen the impact: 'People should get their flu shot,' disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says

A shift in the dominant strain of influenza could lessen the effectiveness of the annual vaccine and spell a rocky flu season for Canada, according to Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Medicine, and an infectious diseases specialist at the Toronto General Hospital.

There is, however, one surefire way to lessen the impact.

“People should get their flu shot,” he said bluntly in an interview with National Post. “That’s the take-home point.” He continued: “My concern is that people hear there’s a mismatch with the flu virus and say, ‘I don’t think I’m going to get one.'”

But the virus comes in three forms, he sa