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> everyone please just get the flu vaccine! There is evidence that the flu vaccine may increase your risk of dying from the flu in future years. I still got it
by Alex3917 9y ago
> everyone please just get the flu vaccine!
There is evidence that the flu vaccine may increase your risk of dying from the flu in future years. I still got it this year, but it's also not at all clear that spending twenty bucks to keep a thing of elderberry extract in the house is a worse option.
- frozenport 9y agoThere is no mechanisms of action, unlike flu shots.
- y0ssar1an 9y ago[citation needed]
- cpncrunch 9y ago>There is evidence that the flu vaccine may increase your risk of dying from the flu in future years A large meta-analysis shows the opposite: http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/709081/efficacy-influenza-vaccine-elderly-persons-meta-analysis-review-literature http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/709081/efficacy-influ... >it's also not at all clear that spending twenty bucks to keep a thing of elderberry extract in the house is a worse option. If you believe a small single study over a large meta-analysis...
- Alex3917 9y agoI don't have access to the full text, but this certainly isn't mentioned in the abstract.
- cpncrunch 9y agoThe study I posted shows there is a reduced risk of death from vaccination in the current year. I couldn't find anything about risk of death in future. Is that really a problem if you take the vaccine every year? Do you have a reference?