We’ve got another good read from Igor Chudov’s Substack, in which he dissects a recent JAMA Network research report on Veterans and the ineffectiveness of Flu and COVID vaccines at reducing hospitalization, as in they don’t.
64% of patients hospitalized with COVID were vaccinated against the flu. 63% of patients hospitalized with flu were vaccinated against the flu.
We know that the influenza vaccine does not prevent Covid hospitalizations. But if the influenza vaccine prevented influenza hospitalizations, there would be fewer influenza-vaccinated people hospitalized for influenza than influenza-vaccinated people hospitalized for Covid.
Do you recall the campaigns encouraging you to get not just the COVID shot but a Flu Vaccine as well? They’ve been pushing seasonal flu vaccines but more so in this century. It probably made sense for the needle in every arm brigade to get you twice while they had you captive and willing. But shortly after, they reversed course and said, DONT DO THAT! Bad things were happening.
Based on this research (2022-2023 study), getting them separately wasn’t much help either.
And I am not saying people at risk should not consider the flu vaccine. That’s your call. My own experience with them is not news here. The only years I ever got the flu, I was convinced to get the flu shot (two in the past ten). My current policy is to take a pass on all of them despite being in the at-risk category, which was before COVID, and I was right to avoid that too.
Vitamin D3 (w/ K2) and Zinc have proved effective for me. Several family members have gotten a handful of colds/flu since the pandemic paranoia winddown, two of whom are jabbed, but not me – but you are not me. As is our standing policy with everything, we’re just reporting on what we find and offering our thoughts. Do your research and figure out what works for you. But the data continues to suggest that these injections are not living up to the hype while elevating the risk of potential harm with little or limited benefit if you elect to get one.
