Different ages are recommended different flu shots

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Dear Doctors: I went to our local pharmacy to get a flu shot for myself and also for my dad. It turns out that because he is 68 years old, he didn't get the same vaccine as me. They gave him something called 'fluad quadrivalent.' How is that different from the regular flu vaccine? Why did he need it?

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