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A review from The Cochrane Collaboration, a widely respected research-analysis team, went over all the evidence, and entered its conclusion: In healthy adults, no flu vaccine delivers protection from the flu. Boom! It doesn't protect against transmission of flu viruses from person to person, either. Boom! So all the promotion and all the pandering and all the scare tactics and all the "expert medical opinion" and all the media coverage...useless, worthless, and irrelevant.
Here is an interesting comment from the analysis: "The review showed that reliable evidence on influenza vaccines is thin but there is evidence of widespread manipulation of conclusions..." Now who in the world would benefit from such manipulating? Oh yes. One other thing. The Cochrane review, published by John Wiley and Sons, appeared online on July 7, 2010. Over two years ago.
This study is damning of the entire pharmaceutical industry and its minions, the drug testing industry and the medical system that relies on and promotes them. Influenza vaccines produce no benefit and cause serious harm. (Updated article.)
The authors found: Vaccines administered parenterally, that is, outside the digestive tract—which generally means by injection—reduced influenza-like symptoms by only 4%. They found no evidence that vaccination prevents viral transmission in healthy adults! (There goes the whole herd immunity argument!) This is particularly significant because, as they noted, inactivated vaccines are known to perform best in healthy adults. They also found no evidence that flu vaccines prevent complications, either. They attempted to ascertain the degree of complications, and though they did report on some, most of the studies simply did not address the issue or did so inadequately.
The authors found: Vaccines administered parenterally, that is, outside the digestive tract—which generally means by injection—reduced influenza-like symptoms by only 4%
Originally posted by schadenfreude
I searched and found nothing,
Originally posted by schadenfreude
Been taking bookoo time off due to a deadline that is only days away, but saw this headline & had to post it.
A review from The Cochrane Collaboration, a widely respected research-analysis team, went over all the evidence, and entered its conclusion: In healthy adults, no flu vaccine delivers protection from the flu.
Summary of main results
Inactivated influenza vaccines decrease the risk of symptoms of influenza and time off work, but their effects are minimal, especially if the vaccines and the circulating viruses are mismatched. There is no evidence that they affect complications or transmission.
Overall completeness and applicability of evidence
Taken alone, the review shows that according to randomised evidence, inactivated vaccines have a small effect in preventing symptoms of influenza and getting workers back to work quicker.
Originally posted by TheSparrowSings
I don't like getting vaccines for my child (soon to be children) because I have asked for the insert and they usually refuse to give it. If I was given this, looked it over and felt that it was safe enough, I would vaccinate. If they are hiding nothing and these vaccines are JUST FINE for us, then why refuse a curious mother the insert?
they inject the PLACEBO/control group with ADJUVANTS containing mercury, alluminium and other toxic compounds?
There are many types of placebos, it varies with testing. Certain placebos has everything (including preservatives such as Thermosol(mercury) and other compounds to prevent microbial growth(which is even worse if it gets into your bloodstream) but the actual Active ingredients, while some placebo are called "sugar pill" which is just fake pill.
high amounts of toxic heavy metals..
But what about other issues?? Why are you okay with there being absolutely no long term testing??
Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by schadenfreude
You actually posted a quote using the word Boom! ??
Find a legitimate site and you have a legit claim. But bogus retro hippy sites isn't one of them.
Some of this is funny:
The authors found: Vaccines administered parenterally, that is, outside the digestive tract—which generally means by injection—reduced influenza-like symptoms by only 4%
It is a vaccine, you take it before you get sick, you don't take it to reduce symptoms.edit on 9-10-2012 by nixie_nox because: (no reason given)
The flu kills 15-35,000 people a year, it is a yearly pandemic. The death toll is 50,000 if it is severe.So no, natural isn't always the way to go. Over 200,000 are hospitalized. There is a loss of $10 billion dollars in productivity to America each year because of the flu.