"We have overpromoted and overhyped the flu vaccine," said Michael T. Osterholm, Director of both The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy as well as its Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance. "It does not protect as promoted," he said in 2012. The flu vaccine continues to be inadequate and yet we put all our medical eggs into this basket. This year it is estimated that vaccine efficacy may be a woeful 10%. "The perception that current va