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Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« on: March 13, 2026, 04:20:10 pm »
https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/flu-vaccines-work-us-officials-find-131047417

This season's vaccines were around 25% to 30% effective in preventing adults from getting sick enough from the flu that they had to go to a doctor’s office, clinic or hospital, according to a CDC report this week.

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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2026, 04:41:48 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on March 13, 2026, 04:20:10 pm
https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/flu-vaccines-work-us-officials-find-131047417

This season's vaccines were around 25% to 30% effective in preventing adults from getting sick enough from the flu that they had to go to a doctor’s office, clinic or hospital, according to a CDC report this week.

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25% - 30% is pretty low efficacy to take a risk with the vaccine.  I've gotten one flu shot in my life and got very sick.  I went to the docs and he prescribed Tamiflu; I was never so sick in my entire life.   No thank you.  Never again.
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2026, 06:01:10 pm »
No chit, Cherlock!
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2026, 06:07:07 pm »
This is not surprising. I got the flu this winter for the first time in decades (I've never been vaccinated), and got over it in a week or so without any prescription drugs.
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2026, 06:48:39 pm »
One of my biggest annoyances is the constant barrage of people reminding me to get a flu shot. Not only my doctor but I get robocalls on the phone.  9999hair out0000

I'm thinking about having a t-shirt made that says "I don't do flu shots So shut up and you might want to stay away from me."
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2026, 06:59:34 pm »
Quote from: berdie on March 13, 2026, 06:48:39 pm
One of my biggest annoyances is the constant barrage of people reminding me to get a flu shot. Not only my doctor but I get robocalls on the phone.  9999hair out0000

I'm thinking about having a t-shirt made that says "I don't do flu shots So shut up and you might want to stay away from me."

You would get the benefit of people staying away from you!  I want that shirt!
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2026, 07:00:59 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 13, 2026, 06:59:34 pm
You would get the benefit of people staying away from you!  I want that shirt!

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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2026, 07:42:10 pm »
CDC: Little-Known Virus With No Vaccine Spreading In US

The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is spreading in the United States, including in California and the Great Lakes region, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Symptoms include cough, fever, and nasal congestion, and, unlike better-known respiratory viruses, HMPV does not have a vaccine or known treatments, the CDC stated.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cdc-little-known-virus-no-vaccine-spreading-us
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2026, 07:46:03 pm »
Quote from: rustynail on March 13, 2026, 07:42:10 pm
CDC: Little-Known Virus With No Vaccine Spreading In US

The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is spreading in the United States, including in California and the Great Lakes region, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Symptoms include cough, fever, and nasal congestion, and, unlike better-known respiratory viruses, HMPV does not have a vaccine or known treatments, the CDC stated.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cdc-little-known-virus-no-vaccine-spreading-us



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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2026, 07:56:57 pm »
I have never had a flu shot.

There are 48 possible combinations of hemagglutinin (H1, H2, H3, H5, H6, H7, H9, H10) and neuraminidase (N1, N2, N6, N7, N8, N9) that have been detected in humans. H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2 are the most common that cause sustained infections, and these subtypes H5N1, H5N6, H7N2, H7N3, H7N7, H7N9, H9N2, H10N7, and H10N8 have been known to jump from animals to humans (Zoonotic Infections).
Every year, the vaccine makers select a H and N subtype to use in the vaccine. Efficacy depends on getting the right subtype combination for maximum effectiveness, and if they miss on what is going around, efficacy suffers.
So far, I just don't get the shots, and have only had the flu once or twice since they pulled the Swine Flu Vaccine under Gerald Ford's administration.
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2026, 08:15:36 pm »
The way the annual cycle works is tied to the basic fact that it takes 3 or 4 months to produce and accumulate enough of the chosen vaccine combo. That means that months before flu season someone - CDC? FDA? ?? - guesstimates which flu virus variants are likely to be circulating during flu season and that is the vaccines that will be produced (starting with culturing a lot of each virus variant, then doing the inactivating, then ...). Because of the months-long gap necessary to produce enough of the combo, some years the guesstimate is reasonably correct, and some years the guesstimate is not very good. Welcome to the production time overhead of inactivated virus technology vaccines.
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If The Vaccine is deadly as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, millions now living would have died.

US Life Expectancy chart illustrating this, https://www.macrotrends.net/datasets/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/life-expectancy

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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2026, 08:26:42 pm »
Quote from: berdie on March 13, 2026, 06:48:39 pm
One of my biggest annoyances is the constant barrage of people reminding me to get a flu shot. Not only my doctor but I get robocalls on the phone.  9999hair out0000

I'm thinking about having a t-shirt made that says "I don't do flu shots So shut up and you might want to stay away from me."

  :silly:  My doctor's nurse has the audacity to just randomly schedule appointments for medical tests that I told her several times I don't want.  I need a similar t-shirt -- "just stop with the nonsense and stay away from me".
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2026, 09:24:14 pm »
I know I am not alone.  I never got the Jab.  Never a booster. My doctor recommended it.  I said no. He was a good guy. He said He had to get it to keep his job.  I felt sorry for him.
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Re: Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2026, 09:41:08 pm »
Quote from: berdie on March 13, 2026, 06:48:39 pm
One of my biggest annoyances is the constant barrage of people reminding me to get a flu shot. Not only my doctor but I get robocalls on the phone.  9999hair out0000

I'm thinking about having a t-shirt made that says "I don't do flu shots So shut up and you might want to stay away from me."

My doctor knows better than to say "flu shot" in my presence.
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