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CH's avatar

I was just thinking this needs to happen to the flu vaccine too. The flu vaccine does nothing but spread the flu.

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Kathy's avatar

The department of defense did a study on its personnel in 2019 to see how effective flu vaccines were. It turns out that the flu vaccine raised your risk of all other respiratory viruses by 36%, including the coronaviruses that were circulating at the time.

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Laura Love's avatar

Of course. The flu shot rarely matches the form in circulation, so your immune system is all primed for something that doesn’t exist while the stuff that does exist shows up and knocks you flat.

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Jenn's avatar

I foolishly let my daughter have the flu shot 1.5 years ago and she has been more sick than the whole rest of her life. It really makes me upset. The upside is she knows she's been sick more times that she'd like and won't ever take another. Very hard lesson to learn.

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carily myers's avatar

HOLY CRAP

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Carol Brizzolara's avatar

Do you have a link to this study??? At some point there was a study done in South Korea, I believe, which did a flu vaccine v inert placebo study on flu vaccine effectiveness. I had the link to it on an old computer, which I no longer have and I can’t find that study any longer. That old study showed equal rates of the flu in both groups but far higher rates of other respiratory illnesses in the flu vaccine arm. I’d love to read the study you are referencing!!!

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Roger Beal's avatar

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404712/

For me, the takeaway line in that paper is, "Being protected against influenza, TIV recipients may lack temporary non-specific immunity that protected against other respiratory viruses." That applies equally to the mRNA spike protein and one's natural immune system.

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Paige Green's avatar

Agreed. I’ve never had the flu shot, it’s been over 20 years since I’ve had the flu. Mom, in the few years before her death, had bad reactions but her doc had her keep getting it until I stepped in.

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