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12-15-2014 07:01 AM |
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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
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Total BS - I KNOW it is total BS - There is no point arguing with you about it, so end of...
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Yes, glad you agree that the $cience behind the Flu shot is total BS, so do the independent and internationally renowned Cochrane Collaboratation
Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults. - PubMed - NCBI
"The review showed that reliable evidence on influenza vaccines is thin but there is evidence of widespread manipulation of conclusions and spurious notoriety of the studies."
This doctor in Scotland recently called out the Flu Jab BS too
Margaret McCartney: What use is mass flu vaccination? | The BMJ
Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow
"So, why are we vaccinating so many people in whom we have no proof that it works? We should surely be doing randomised controlled trials of the vaccine in healthy over 65s and healthcare workers, at least.
The NHS has a ?Flu Fighter? campaign to encourage uptake and offer incentives for staff to bare their biceps. In return for vaccination, hospitals have offered their staff entry into cash prize draws, as well as chocolates, lollipops, cakes, biscuits, stickers that read ?I?m a Flu Fighter,? and even an extra day?s annual leave, some freedom of information requests have shown. But will those days off work be offset by the average 0.04 days saved through vaccination?
Treating children is one thing; treating adults like children is quite another. The Department of Health wants trusts to achieve a 75% uptake in flu vaccination for staff,1 when it would be better off ensuring that resources are used where they can do some good. I would have the vaccination if a high quality trial showed that it was worth it for me or my patients. But flu vaccination is offered millions of times every year at huge opportunity cost; given so much uncertainty, this policy is impossible to justify."
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