A researcher who authored one of the first articles connecting aspirin to Reye's Syndrome, a lethal disease that attacks the liver and brain, is suggesting that aspirin also could be to blame for a significant portion of deaths in the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.
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'For more proof that there’s no evidence that flu vaccines work, hear it straight from the horse’s mouth – the vaccine manufacturers themselves. For example, here are excerpts from the actual package inserts of the four flu vaccines that the CDC and ACIP are recommending for this coming fall:
- Fluzone High-Dose: There have been no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with Fluzone High-Dose.
- Agriflu: No controlled efficacy trials have been performed to indicate a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with AGRIFLU.
- Afluria: There have been no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with AFLURIA.
- Fluarix: Specific levels of hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titer post-vaccination with inactivated influenza virus vaccines have not been correlated with protection from influenza illness but the HI antibody titers have been used as a measure of vaccine activity.
'While Fluarix’s wording is technical, it essentially is saying the same thing as the others: no clinical trials have been done to prove that these vaccines will keep you from getting the flu -- the only thing they have to go on is a measurement of antibodies to the specific flu virus in the blood of trial subjects.'
'And even then, it’s anybody’s guess whether the vaccine actually will protect you from the flu -- just like that children’s trial published in JAMA proved.'
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Well, it is hit or miss every flu season. They have to predict which varient will prevail, not an easy task. Some years it works, some years it's useless. A lot of people who were vaccinated in 2009 went on to develop influenza. It's still recommended for the elderly and those with compromised immunity, I wouldn't want my mother to go without it, she's 80.
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