The 2017-2018 flu season is now underway and the pharma-funded corporate media is up to their annual scare tactics to urge the public to get their flu shots. Let’s cut straight to the facts— and there are plenty— to consider before buying into their message and getting your shot this year.
First let’s talk efficacy. At best, the flu vaccine’s efficacy is no better than a fifty-fifty coin toss according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) own numbers. However, more recent research has shown that the shot’s actual effectiveness is often much less. In 2015, the flu shot was reported to be only 23 percent effective. Mercola.com recently reported that during the 2015-2016 flu season, “FluMist, the live virus nasal spray that typically has been recommended for children in recent years, had a failure rate of 97 percent. Its failure was so epic, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended FluMist be taken off the list of recommended flu vaccines for the 2016 to 2017 season, a recommendation CDC officials ended up heeding.” Canada didn’t fare any better in 2015, and an official from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control stated that the flu vaccine marketed in Canada offered “no protection.”
What about the 2017-2018 flu vaccine? This year’s shot is off to a highly questionable start, and even the corporate media has reported that it could be only ten percent effective for this year’s strains of influenza.
Such incredible failure of the flu vaccine is no surprise since it is created by guessing which flu strains may be prevalent before the start of the flu season. ScienceMag.com offered a few major admissions in a recent article, Why Flu Vaccines So Often Fail. In the article, University of Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm calls the flu shot “a terribly inadequate vaccine for a serious health threat.”
In what appears to be a moment of clarity, the article strikes at the heart of the failed flu vaccine campaign with the following points:
“They’re questioning what was once received wisdom: that the vaccine fails when manufacturers, working months ahead of flu season, incorrectly guess which strains will end up spreading. And they're learning instead that the vaccine may falter even when the right strains were used to make it, perhaps because of how it is produced or quirks of individual immune systems. ‘It's much more complicated than we thought,’ Osterholm says. ‘I know less about influenza today than I did 10 years ago.’”
How about safety testing? Despite being aggressively marketed towards children, pregnant women, and the elderly, the CDC-recommended shots Flucelvax, FluLaval, Flublok, Fluarix, Afluria, Fluzone, and Fluvirin each clearly state in their package inserts that:
Are severe adverse reactions really a risk when getting the flu shot? In quarterly meetings, the federal government’s Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) under the DHHS takes note of a report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on cases settled for vaccine injuries and deaths through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP). According to these reports, the flu shot is listed as the most dangerous vaccine on the market year after year. The Mom Street Journal was the first to report last year that U.S. Special Claims Court vaccine settlements paid out 1188% more money for flu shot injury and death from the year before — an increase from $4.9M to $60M. Other news outlets are just now catching on to this.
In a recent interview, Dr. Joe Mercola was asked what he would say to people who want get the flu shot as part of a healthy lifestyle. He replied, “Well, it’s sad because they have been essentially manipulated and deceived by very effective strategies implemented by the pharmaceutical companies and public health authorities to give them disinformation.”
For some, getting the flu shot this year is not optional. There has been an ever-increasing, coordinated strategy to force flu shots on doctors, nurses, and others in the mainstream medical industry. Despite many medical professionals being fired for refusing the flu shot, a 2017 study published in PLOS One found that the benefits of forcing the flu shot on healthcare workers were “exaggerated.” The study’s lead author Dr. Gaston de Serres told medical news outlet STAT the following during an interview:
“I think the bottom line of our paper is to say there is no valid scientific evidence, even now, underpinning enforced healthcare worker immunizations… it’s one thing to say: ‘OK, on a voluntary basis, you get the vaccine despite all its weaknesses,’ and it’s another thing to say, ‘If you don’t get it, you get fired.’”
As the flu shot is pushed more aggressively each year, it is imperative that every person reviews the hard facts, reads the full package inserts, and thoroughly researches the issue instead of relying on biased, unscientific jargon and clever marketing campaigns. When your healthcare providers use phrases like ‘safe and effective’ and ‘one in a million’, it’s time to start asking them their hard questions or find another provider who will tell you the facts beyond the baseless slogans from their Big Pharma sponsors.
First let’s talk efficacy. At best, the flu vaccine’s efficacy is no better than a fifty-fifty coin toss according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) own numbers. However, more recent research has shown that the shot’s actual effectiveness is often much less. In 2015, the flu shot was reported to be only 23 percent effective. Mercola.com recently reported that during the 2015-2016 flu season, “FluMist, the live virus nasal spray that typically has been recommended for children in recent years, had a failure rate of 97 percent. Its failure was so epic, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended FluMist be taken off the list of recommended flu vaccines for the 2016 to 2017 season, a recommendation CDC officials ended up heeding.” Canada didn’t fare any better in 2015, and an official from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control stated that the flu vaccine marketed in Canada offered “no protection.”
What about the 2017-2018 flu vaccine? This year’s shot is off to a highly questionable start, and even the corporate media has reported that it could be only ten percent effective for this year’s strains of influenza.
Such incredible failure of the flu vaccine is no surprise since it is created by guessing which flu strains may be prevalent before the start of the flu season. ScienceMag.com offered a few major admissions in a recent article, Why Flu Vaccines So Often Fail. In the article, University of Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm calls the flu shot “a terribly inadequate vaccine for a serious health threat.”
In what appears to be a moment of clarity, the article strikes at the heart of the failed flu vaccine campaign with the following points:
“They’re questioning what was once received wisdom: that the vaccine fails when manufacturers, working months ahead of flu season, incorrectly guess which strains will end up spreading. And they're learning instead that the vaccine may falter even when the right strains were used to make it, perhaps because of how it is produced or quirks of individual immune systems. ‘It's much more complicated than we thought,’ Osterholm says. ‘I know less about influenza today than I did 10 years ago.’”
How about safety testing? Despite being aggressively marketed towards children, pregnant women, and the elderly, the CDC-recommended shots Flucelvax, FluLaval, Flublok, Fluarix, Afluria, Fluzone, and Fluvirin each clearly state in their package inserts that:
- “Safety and effectiveness have not been established in pregnant women or nursing mothers.”
- “[The vaccine] has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential.”
Are severe adverse reactions really a risk when getting the flu shot? In quarterly meetings, the federal government’s Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) under the DHHS takes note of a report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on cases settled for vaccine injuries and deaths through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP). According to these reports, the flu shot is listed as the most dangerous vaccine on the market year after year. The Mom Street Journal was the first to report last year that U.S. Special Claims Court vaccine settlements paid out 1188% more money for flu shot injury and death from the year before — an increase from $4.9M to $60M. Other news outlets are just now catching on to this.
In a recent interview, Dr. Joe Mercola was asked what he would say to people who want get the flu shot as part of a healthy lifestyle. He replied, “Well, it’s sad because they have been essentially manipulated and deceived by very effective strategies implemented by the pharmaceutical companies and public health authorities to give them disinformation.”
For some, getting the flu shot this year is not optional. There has been an ever-increasing, coordinated strategy to force flu shots on doctors, nurses, and others in the mainstream medical industry. Despite many medical professionals being fired for refusing the flu shot, a 2017 study published in PLOS One found that the benefits of forcing the flu shot on healthcare workers were “exaggerated.” The study’s lead author Dr. Gaston de Serres told medical news outlet STAT the following during an interview:
“I think the bottom line of our paper is to say there is no valid scientific evidence, even now, underpinning enforced healthcare worker immunizations… it’s one thing to say: ‘OK, on a voluntary basis, you get the vaccine despite all its weaknesses,’ and it’s another thing to say, ‘If you don’t get it, you get fired.’”
As the flu shot is pushed more aggressively each year, it is imperative that every person reviews the hard facts, reads the full package inserts, and thoroughly researches the issue instead of relying on biased, unscientific jargon and clever marketing campaigns. When your healthcare providers use phrases like ‘safe and effective’ and ‘one in a million’, it’s time to start asking them their hard questions or find another provider who will tell you the facts beyond the baseless slogans from their Big Pharma sponsors.
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