Table of Contents. Type J: IRON-CONSTANTAN. Type K: CHROMEL-ALUMEL. Type T: COPPER-CONSTANTAN. Type S: PLATINUM-PLATINUM/10%RHODIUM. Type B: PLATINUM/30% RHODIUM-PLATINUM/6% RHODIUM. Type E: CHROMEL-CONSTANTAN. Type R: PLATINUM/13% RHODIUM-PLATINUM. Type N: NICROSIL-NISIL.
For years, the CDC has been promoting the notion that flu shots are between 70 and 90 percent effective in preventing influenza 16 and everybody needs to get vaccinated because type A and type B influenza causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths in the U.S. every year.
Flu Shot (Definition) 1  Also known as influenza vaccines, flu shots are given out once a year to protect against the flu. The flu shot stimulates the immune system to build antibodies to three or four strains of flu viruses in the hopes that it will offer protection from the current strains present in the community.