A 32 year old woman visits your clinic in October. She has asthma but has not been receiving annual influenza vaccine. She has been told that influenza virus is routinely grown in embyonated eggs and that the vaccine may contain some residual egg protein. She has always avoided influenza vaccine, because she has a severe allergy if she eats scrambled eggs -- hives and wheezing.

Can you give her influenza vaccine?

 

A. Yes
B. No