There is SO much vaccine misinformation out there that, as a parent, it can be difficult to decide what to believe.
If you want accurate, evidence-based information on vaccines, please check out:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/ …
https://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk
#VaccinesWork
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@sellis1808@drpaulmorgan benefits of#FluShots post#Sepsis@larrymatthews55 ? -
Definitely worth getting flu vaccination if you’re in an “at risk” group. Which I reckon you are.
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Yes I do get my flu vaccine since
#sepsis@drpaulmorgan It was my Gp that highly reccomended it. Trying to encourage people to discuss with their own Gp the benefits, as they are hearing negative comments about it. -
The problem with the flu vaccine is that a new version is needed each year due to genetic drift, which can then make the in-use version poorly efficacious. Happened a few times in recent years. A “universal” vaccine is being developed.
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Also they hear a lot of "scare " stories. And this is so sad, as some people who have never had the flu jab before, and are recovering from a serious illness, are being scared off by claims of toxins and other horrors for example.
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Just to be clear, I've not mentioned toxins anywhere and the only 'other horrors' under discussion here are those that stem from the pitiful regulation of medicines in general. Such 'scare' stories as you describe them should concern everyone, (clinicians included), imho. 1/
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If I were consulting a GP on this matter, I'd ask to see what evidence supports the case now. E.g. Here is the Cochrane review of all available studies for flu vaccine use in healthy adults: https://www.cochrane.org/CD001269/ARI_vaccines-prevent-influenza-healthy-adults … And similar for healthy children: https://www.cochrane.org/CD004879/ARI_vaccines-preventing-influenza-healthy-children … 2/
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Some Cochrane reviews do exist for specific conditions, such as the COPD example shown below, but I can't locate an equivalent for SEPSIS I'm afraid. That may not indicate that it doesn't exist, perhaps simply that I haven't located it. https://twitter.com/C7RKY/status/1041894621767495680 … 3/3
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