On March 12th, 2020, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “Corona Facts and Fears.” During the discussion, Anderson said to the viewing audience, “And, again, if you are concerned about coronavirus, and you haven’t gotten a flu shot…you should get a flu shot.”
Setting safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination aside, is Anderson’s claim that the flu shot will help people fight COVID-19 remotely true? The short answer is no.
[By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense]
In fact, the results of many peer-reviewed, published studies prove that Anderson’s recommendation may have been the worst advice he could have given the public.
In searching the literature, the only study we have been able to find assessing flu shots and coronavirus is a 2020 US Pentagon study that found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36%. Receiving flu vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as “virus interference”.
Here are the findings:
2020 Pentagon Study: Flu vaccines increase risk of coronavirus by 36%
Examining non-influenza viruses specifically, the odds of coronavirus in vaccinated individuals were significantly higher when compared to unvaccinated individuals with an odds ratio (association between an exposure and an outcome) of 1.36. In other words, the Pentagon study showed vaccinated were 36% more likely to get coronavirus.
Other studies also suggest the increased risk of viral respiratory infections from the flu shot:
2018 CDC Study: Flu shots increase risk of non-flu acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) in children.
This CDC supported study concluded an increased risk of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among children <18 years caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period.
2011 Australian Research: Flu shot doubled risk of non-influenza viral infections and increased flu risk by 73%.
A prospective case-control study in healthy young Australian children found that seasonal flu shots doubled their risk of illness from non-influenza virus infections. Overall, the vaccine increased the risk of virus-associated acute respiratory illness, including influenza, by 73%.
2012 Hong Kong Trial: Flu shots increased the risk of non-flu respiratory infections 4.4 times and tripled flu infections.
A randomized placebo-controlled trial in Hong Kong children found that flu shots increased the risk of non-influenza viral ARIs fivefold (OR 4.91,CI 1.04—8.14) and, including influenza, tripled the overall viral ARI risk (OR 3.17, CI 1.04—9.83).
2017 Study: Vaccinated children are 5.9 more likely to suffer pneumonia and 30.1 times more likely to have been diagnosed with Allergic Rhinitis than unvaccinated children.
Vaccinated children were 30.1 times more likely to have been diagnosed with Allergic Rhinitis and 5.9 times more likely to have been diagnosed with pneumonia than unvaccinated children.
Even more published science:
Lastly, the highly-respected Cochrane Collaboration’s comprehensive 2010 meta-study of published flu vaccine studies showed that the flu vaccination had “no effect” on lowering hospitalization, and that there is “no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.”
The Cochrane researchers accused the CDC of deliberately misrepresenting the science in order to support their universal influenza vaccination recommendation.
Nevertheless, media outlets continually broadcast CDC pronouncements and, ironically, ridicule those of us who actually read the science as “purveyors of ‘vaccine misinformation”.
Credits to and permission from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at Children’s Health Defense.
It is shocking that millions have gotten the flu shot (to their great detriment) since the Pentagon study was published in March, 2020. There is an utter disregard for life in the push for greater and greater pharma profits! Consider sharing so more will not get one this shot this fall!
It LITERALLY could lower the death rate if this info was commonly understood! Thank you!
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