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Mechanism

There is an over reliance on a single paper here, and while the general points being made may be correct for the most part, I would dispute that they are all absolutes. In particular arguing that immunity only lasts x years is a notoriously oversimplified statement to make with immunity often lasting a lifetime in some individuals and mere weeks in others (if immunity is gained at all). This over reliance is probably misleading when combined with such definitive statements.--Hontogaichiban (talk) 07:04, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mention of specific vaccines by name

This article appears to shy away from naming any vaccines. This is not helpful.--Hontogaichiban (talk) 07:08, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Preventing complex otitis media

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00549-6 JFW | T@lk 07:39, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing sections

The article appears to be missing effectiveness and side effects sections. Tornado chaser (talk) 19:36, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]