THIS IS TOTAL NONSENSE
The flu vaccine is one of the safest vaccines around
Risk of death from influenza: ~0.01%
Risk of ANY SERIOUS ISSUE from influenza vaccine: ~0.000009%
Risk of death from influenza vaccine: Too low to calculate
Get your flu vaccine #VaccinesWork https://twitter.com/HealthRanger/status/1055157186417057792 …
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Worth noting: the serious adverse event rate there from the flu vaccine is actually probably quite high, as it's based on reports rather than confirmed cases
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It's also important to remember that death from influenza varies enormously by age People aged 18-65 are at very low risk, people aged <18 and >65 are at a much higher risk
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In terms of efficacy, the flu jab reduces YOUR risk of getting influenza by about 50% The CDC estimates that it prevents more than 5 million cases of flu per year in the USpic.twitter.com/3aj4g62dlC
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Also, in case you didn't want to do the maths on the first tweet, your risk of having any serious issues from the flu jab is roughly 1,000 times lower than your risk of dying from influenza #VaccinesWork
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