Could The Flu Shot Worsen COVID-19?

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๐Ÿ’‰ Could the Flu Vaccine create more COVID Infections & more severe outcomes? What does the science say?

Recent news & messaging from PHE suggest there is a critical need to avoid Co-Infection of COVID-19 and Flu, citing figures that this will increase risk of dying by 60% in the elderly.

๐Ÿ’‰ They follow this up with urging Over 50โ€™s, Under 11โ€™s, Shielders, Frontline HCWโ€™s (mandated) and Pregnant Women to get a Flu Vaccine, so they can burn through their 30 Millions Doses of this years flu shot that have been procured.

๐Ÿ˜ง There is a stronger push to increase Flu Vaccination update in deprived and BAME communities, and Chris Whitty, DHSC & PHE have set an ambitious target to vaccinate a minimum of 75% of Eligible individuals.

๐Ÿ“บ To assist with this ambition, there will be a major new marketing campaign to encourage take up of the free flu vaccine, due to launch in October.

All of this is laid out in the 1๏ธโƒฃ 5th Augustโ€™ The national flu immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 updateโ€™ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

BUT, HOLD YOUR HORSES!

Hereโ€™s something to be cautious of – VACCINE-ASSOCIATED VIRUS INTERFERENCE.

๐Ÿ”บ Basically, as Vaccineโ€™s โ€œinterfereโ€ with the naturally occurring biological process in comparison to a natural infection, there may be an INCREASED RISK of contracting non-influenza respiratory viral infections. Non-specific immunity from natural infection is not developed.

๐Ÿ˜ณ Pause on this for a second – Flu Shots could increase risk of other viral (specifically #Coronavirus and Rhonovirus) infectionsโ€ฆ

๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SAY?

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In a randomised clinical trial in 2012, it was observed in children there was a 4.4x INCREASED RISK of contracting an Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) from non-influenza viruses when the Flu Vaccine was administered.

๐Ÿฆ  In particular, #Coronaviruses, Rhinovirus, Coxsackie, and Echovirus will called out. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

 

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In June 2019, the US Military published a study that looked to show if there were Vaccine-Associated Virus Interference from Flu Vaccinations in the DoD.

They found that vaccinated individuals may be at increased risk for other respiratory viruses because they do not receive the non-specific immunity associated with natural infection.

๐Ÿฆ  Coronaviruses have an Odds Ratio (1.36), meaning soldiers had 36% HIGER ODDS of a #coronavirus infection (confirmed with a test) if they previously received the influenza vaccine the prior flu season. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

DoD Flu Vaccine Shot Research Table

 

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Allan S. Cunningham put out a BMJ rapid response in May 2020 regarding the UKโ€™s Public Health response to COVID-10, suggesting that further analysis should be completed to look intoย  the correlation between recent Flu Shot vaccination and COVID-related deaths in European countries.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Well, I DECIDED to do that correlational analysis!

Flu Shot Vaccine effects on COVID-19 Mortality

๐Ÿฆ  As you can see, there is a CLEAR CORRELATION between recent Flu Vaccination of the Over 65โ€™s and COVID-related deaths. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

โ˜‘๏ธ The correlation exists when you compare Deaths per million across countries compared to the percentage of Over 65โ€™s that have in the last year or so received a Flu Shot.

โ˜‘๏ธ It also strongly exists when you compare the ratio between deaths to cases (i.e. Case Fatality Rate) and % of older population recently vaccinated.

SO, THE BIG QUESTION ISโ€ฆ

โ“Why are the UK Govt pushing SO HARD for this year to be the BIGGEST year ever for Flu Shot Immunisation?

๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Would the RISK NOT OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT?ย 

Moreover, you canโ€™tย  help to notice that we have the HIGHEST percentage of annual immunisation against the Flu for Over 65โ€™s annually, whilst also having one of the worst COVID death ratesโ€ฆ ๐Ÿค”

#DoYourOwnResearch #ChooseCarefully

 

SOURCES:

  1. DHSC & PHE Big Push on the 2020/21 Flu Vaccine Programme
  2. Increase of non-influenza respiratory virus infections with Flu Vaccine Clinical Trial
  3. US Military Study on Virus Interference in DoD Personnelย – Original & Non-paywalled version
  4. BMJ Rapid Response about Flu Shot and COVID Death Correlation

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