Comments on: Myth 19: Flu shots don’t work in “bad vaccine match” years.

By: thordora

thordora — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:15:04 +0000

I’m big on vaccines, but the flu vaccine isn’t one I ever get for me, or the kids. I might change my tune this fall, but I haven’t had much confidence in their predictions.

By: catgirl

catgirl — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:03:38 +0000

I started getting flu shots a few years ago, and I’ll never go back. I realize that they don’t eliminate my risk, but they certainly reduce it. When I have children, I plan to give them flu shots every year. There’s no reason they should have to go through the flu more often than necessary. For me, $30 is well worth it even if there is no guarantee.

By: bfg

bfg — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:13:12 +0000

Until the vaccine manufacturers publish all the ingredients in vaccines, doctors don’t know what they are injecting into their patients. Vaccine adjuvants can contain a mixture of vegetable and animal oils that can contain a trace amount of protein. Injecting this into a patient can cause a food allergy or a severe allergic reaction if the patient is already allergic. Food labeling laws require peanut and treenut information to be on the label. The same should apply to vaccines.

By: O.C.

O.C. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:03:52 +0000

What a lot of hooey… Why would you endorse injecting mercury into children FOR NO GOOD REASON. The flu changes every year, and vaccines are ALWAYS from last years.

Flu shot mismatched on B virus, early data suggests
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/12/flu.html

It appears there may be a partial flu shot mismatch again this year, with early data from Canada, the United States and Britain suggesting the vaccine component meant to protect against influenza B is not a match for the flu B viruses causing the most disease.

Predicting which family of influenza B viruses will dominate in a coming year — and therefore should be covered by the flu shot — is a challenge that has defied the experts in five of the last seven flu seasons, at least so far as disease patterns in North America are concerned.