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Flu Vaccine & People with Allergies, Health Channel

Nowadays, the influenza vaccine is free of allergic components like eggs, latex or thimerosal, affirms Elizabeth Reinhardt, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Baptist Hospital.

Fear of needles is another reason why certain people refuse to receive the influenza vaccine, she says.

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