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Seasonal flu vaccine — who should get it

Drag from clinical down to grade 5. Citations carry through; the back-translation check flags any point where simplification changed the medicine.

target grade ~5
ClinicalAdultGrade 8Grade 5

Public version

reading grade ~4.7ease 76.6

All people 6 months. Older should receive 1 dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine each year to reduce the risk of severe respiratory illness. [1].

✓ Back-translation check passed — all doses and values preserved.

Back-translation safety check

drift-check.log
$ back-translate --check doses,numbers,frequency
source : All patients 6 months and older should receive 1 dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine ea…
simplified : All people 6 months. Older should receive 1 dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine each ye…
back-xlate : all people 6 months. older should receive 1 dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine each ye…
PASS · all doses / numbers / frequency preserved