Flu jab given to millions is 'useless'

[Jesus Malverde]

The flu vaccine given to millions of people in the UK barely works, health officials have admitted, amid warnings that the number of deaths this winter will be the worst for 15 years.
Public Health England (PHE) warned that the main strain of influenza in circulation - which is particularly lethal among the elderly – has mutated from the type that was used in the jab.

As a result, it is working in just three per cent of people given it, when it is normally effective in around half of cases.

And it has no effectiveness at all against the dominant strain of flu in circulation this winter, which is particularly dangerous in the elderly.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11393560/Flu-jab-given-to-millions-is-useless.html

[hobbit709]

1. Useless no. Ineffective against the main strain of flu this year, yes.

They guessed wrong on the strain this season. And the numbers I've seen say 23% not 3%

[Jesus Malverde]

2. These are British stats.

3% - money well spent?

In America we had corn numbers get the jab, they called it an epidemic.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Yes, money well spent

Most years, they get the strains in the vaccine right. This year, they didn't. To have not spent the money would have meant to have no flu vaccine at all, guaranteeing the flu cases.

[HereSince1628]

4. Yes, but it's too subtle a thing for many readers to appreciate n/t

[jberryhill]

7. I'm realizing people are a lot more ignorant than I thought

[jberryhill]

3. And in many cities in the US, so were recent storm preparations

What goes into the flu vaccine each year is based on a predictive model, which can be off. Just as with the weather, sometimes nature doesn't cooperate with the best available prediction.

[Jesus Malverde]

6. Is that a business model?..nt

[jberryhill]

8. Yes, NOAA and the meteorologists are in bed with Big Salt

[HappyMe]

10. lol!

Well played.

My husband and I both got flu shots. There was flu going around where he works. Neither of us got it.

[hobbit709]

9. So you think vaccinations are a business model?

that tells me a lot about your thinking processes.