Do Flu Shots Work? Ask A Vaccine Manufacturer

I have written before on the flu vaccine. See Flu and Other Vaccines, Flu Vaccine and Mercury.

I encourage everyone to do the research before you take a flu shot.

And I'd like to add one other interesting piece of information to the flu shot conversation here on LF — a recorded response by a rep at a vaccine maker to a caller's questions about efficacy and mercury content (thimerosal). The response is — perhaps unintentionally — a bit more honest than what you might hear from their ads.

In the call, the rep says that even the one that is mercury-free contains trace amounts of mercury. How many doses of "trace" amounts equals a significant amount? Do your research before you believe the FDA and EPA safe dosage limits.

Source: Mercola.com

Related:
EWG.com: EPA Suppresses Inconvenient Study in Critical Mercury Decision

British Medical Journal study which concluded that the effectiveness of annual flu shots has been exaggerated

Archives of Internal Medicine 2005 study that couldn't find support for the use of flu vaccine to prevent deaths in the elderly

More:

Study published in October 2008 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu had no impact on flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during two recent flu seasons.

A study recently published in the Lancet found that influenza vaccination was NOT associated with a reduced risk of pneumonia in older people.