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Seasonal Flu Shots Double Risk of Getting Swine Flu, Says New Study
krou writes "A Canadian study currently under peer review apparently suggests that individuals given seasonal flu shots are twice as likely to get swine flu. The 'perplexing' study has thrown influenza health plans into disarray, with Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia all suspending seasonal flu shots for anyone under 65 years of age. The study appears to be confined to Canada; the US, Britain, and Australia have not reported the same problem, so some are suggesting that the research has 'study bias.' However, the research appears to be 'solid' according to Dr. Ethan Rubinstein, head of adult infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba. 'There are a large number of authors, all of them excellent and credible researchers. And the sample size is very large — 12 or 13 million people taken from the central reporting systems in three provinces.''
Except, most areas I have been push the flu shot for everyone, not just the weakened.
I'de much prefer they phrase it in such a way as - If you have a weak immune system, get this shot.
Instead, it seems it's presented as a way to prevent a mass outbreak.
CVS now advertises on their street sign "Flu shot while you wait".....
? who gets the shot without waiting?
Here's my arm, I'll be right back, just making a quick run to Starbucks for a double latte.
And as we all well know, the plural of anecdote is "a population-controlled double-blind study"!
Just another "DOJ fascist authoritarian totalitarian bootlicker" -- Zeio
How did this crap get modded "informative"? What in the HELL do Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend have to do with influenza?
I won't believe anything until Oprah tells me it's right.
"I zero-index my hamsters" - Willtor (147206)
wait....why is mother-in-law someone you want to not get sick?
I'm a cucumber
the onion?
Those of us who think they know everything annoy those of us who do.
Perhaps, with all the people urging you to take that anti-pyschotic pill, you might consider they're correct? Seriously, man. We miss the guy we had before you went crazy.