Lineker roasts Le Tissier after he asks why scientists have never tried to defeat flu

England legend Gary Lineker schooled fellow ex-footballer Matt Le Tissier after the latter made a bizarre claim about the flu and Covid.

Posting on Twitter, Le Tissier questioned why scientists have “never” tried to defeat flu in the same way as they have Covid.

He seems to have missed the flu vaccine that has been about for ages. The first flu vaccine was licensed for civilian use in the U.S. in 1945.

The 1918 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide and left 675,000 people dead in the United States, according to the CDC.

He replied: ‘Yeah Matt, why didn’t someone come up with a flu vaccine?’

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