Flu Vaccine Information
Have you been given all the relevant information to help you make an informed choice?
8 September 2020
a study (1 below, discussed in articles at 5 and 6 below) shows that influenza vaccine can increase the risk of contracting a coronavirus (not necessarily COVID-19 but the same family of viruses) by 36%. Many studies show it can increase the risk of other viruses (5, 7, 8, 10 below).
according to an article in the British Medical Journal by an editor, D P Doshi, (2 below), the flu shot offers (limited) protection only against 16% of commonly circulating flu like viruses, the influenza strains only. The other 84% are caused by viruses that are not influenza and therefore not capable of being prevented by the flu shot.
there is no good unbiased research that proves influenza vaccine reduces death or hospitalisation
during the 2008-9 Swine Flu pandemic, people who received trivalent flu vaccine were 1.4-2.5 times more likely to get Swine flu as those who were unvaccinated (see 6 below).
In the US, influenza vaccine accounts for 40% of all vaccinations but 60% of all reported vaccine related adverse effects and increases the risk of miscarriage (9 and 3 below).
different considerations apply to nasal flu vaccine which is a live attenuated vaccine shown to actually spread flu to others, have poor effectiveness and carry unquantified risks (further information at 11 below).
The above statistics from published research is only a small selection of findings you should be aware of. You can research further information that your GP/nurse may not be familiar with. They lead extremely busy lives, so it is up to us all to become well informed; after all, it is our health and that of our loved ones that is at stake.
Here are some links to research and to useful articles which reference further research:
study by GG Wolff, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.vaccine.2019.10.005. The body of the study rather than just the abstract contains the relevant information.
"Influenza: Marketing Vaccine by Marketing Disease" by Peter Doshi, BMJ 2013, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3037
"Reporting Flu Vaccine Science" by retired paediatrician, Allan Cunningham BMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k15 . You will need to click on the responses tab at the top to see this letter
A number of highly informative articles at Children’s Health Defence:
List of articles : https://childrenshealthdefense.org/?s=influenza+
Pentagon Study: flu shot raises Risk of Coronavirus by 36% etc https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/vaccine-misinformation-flu-shots-equal-health/
8 September 2020 comprehensive article by Dr Mercola: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/09/08/will-the-flu-shot-help-with-coronavirus.aspx?cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20200908Z2&mid=DM647768&rid=959157667
“Increased Risk of Noninfluenza Respiratory Virus Infection Association With Receipt of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine” Cowling et al https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis307
“Assessment of temporally-related acute respiratory illness following influenza vaccination” Rikin et al https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.02.105
Excellent video on this page of Professor of Medical Ethics, Dr A Moss: https://cairnsnews.org/2019/05/29/professor-alvin-moss-warns-vaccine-ingredients-cause-autism/
Letter to BMJ, Dr Cunningham: https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m810/rr-0
Nasal flu vaccine information sheet: https://irishcitizensjournal.com/index.php/research-publications/39-nasal-flu-vaccine