According to best scientific studies the Flu vaccines are around 50% effective, some years more, some less (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm). I have known that for years and always get the shot, cutting my chances of getting the Flu in half are worth it to me.
I will read these tomorrow.
Flu, just half as often.
Most young people (and older adults) have a healthy immune system. Why try to fix what's not broken...jmo.
Their health was not nearly as important as the billions of dollars in profit that was at stake.
Shows a part of the range of outcomes or experiences.
I understand that, but considering it normally takes 5 -8 years to prove or approve a new vaccine and we got this one through in 10 months, it should put us on alert that since the drug was never fully approved, it is very possible that the vaccine may or may not be 100% or less effective and not without risks.
Reminds me of a favorite quote:
Don't be too sure of that. Reading and researching posts here did change my mind about mask wearing. I thought that masks would both protect well people from getting sick and sick people from spreading. After a couple of people posted some pretty good links to studies I now believe that while masks can stop the sick from spreading viruses, I no longer believe they protect well people wearing them. As a result I now try to mask whenever I am sick and going out, Covid or any cold or flu. Sometimes even after an exposure when I feel fine. However if not required I don't mask when I am well and pretty sure I'm staying that way.
I've never had a Shingles, Covid or Flu vaccine. Not interested in them.
Interesting. If you served in the military (my case 5 years Navy) were you allowed to refuse vaccination?
I am not anti-vax. I am against forcing people to get vaccinated. Everyone should be free to make their own health decisions.
Never served in the military. Couldn't due to nearsightedness. But if they wanted to force a vaccine on me that I didn't want, I'd leave the military. My health = my decisions.
I agree, however there can be times when one's decisions impact others. That makes it a bit hard to sort out. I mostly side with freedom of individual choice. Better to provide good solid data showing people why they should get vaccinated than to force. I don't think our government did a good job of that with the Covid thing, if they had I believe more would have decided to get vaccinated, not everyone, but more.
Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever understand. Maybe years from now but not now. However, the truth is in front of use but we are too blinded to see...jmo.
Haven't had a flu vaccine in over 30 years. Never had the flu. Maybe, just maybe I have a strong immune system. Had the flu vaccine over 30 years ago..that was enough for me... got very sick to put it mildly.
The masks don't filter out individual viruses, that is why they don't much help the healthy. However they do filter out or remove some aerosols and disperse the breath of a sick person removing some virus and dispersing other. To get Covid and most viruses we have to be exposed to a lot, dispersing the breath of an ill person reduces that risk. It's the reason the plexiglas barriers work.
CDC is primarily funded by Congress, our taxes mostly. The Pharmaceutical companies pay into that, but so do we and a lot of others. The CDC does accept gifts, both directly and through the CDC Foundation. In 2021 out of a budget of $7.8 billion these gifts only represented about $21 million, 0.2% of their budget. Some of these gifts did come from Pharmaceutical companies. see https://www.cdc.gov/partners/gift-funding.html#:~:text=The main source of CDC,determined by the U.S. Congress.
