nasal spray flu shot

[James Harbeck]

>What should it properly be called? I'd call it a shot not because I
>think it's an inoculation, but because I lack a better word that
>people including me understand...BB

Nasal spray vaccine (or vaccination). Or nasal spray inoculation, I
suppose. Or flu vaccine nasal spray -- I'm sure that would work fine.
I think "vaccine" gets used enough now that it's not too high level
for news. Perhaps not everyone agrees.

James Harbeck.

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