Posted on 07/19/2021 9:33:31 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Getting a flu shot may come with an added benefit: protection against severe coronavirus infection.
That’s the conclusion researchers made from a review of nearly 75 million COVID-19 patient records from around the globe, which found those who received a flu vaccine up to six months before getting infected were less likely to have a stroke, experience sepsis or develop blood clots caused by the disease.
Coronavirus patients vaccinated against influenza were also less likely to visit the emergency department and be admitted to the intensive care unit, according to new research presented online during the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
The data showed that COVID-19 patients who did not get their flu shots were more likely to be admitted to the ICU (up to 20%), visit the emergency department (up to 58%), have a stroke (up to 58%), develop sepsis (up to 45%) and develop blood clots (up to 40%).
The risk of death, however, was not reduced among those who were recently vaccinated against the flu.
The reason behind the association remains unclear. Some scientists speculate the flu shot boosts the immune system’s general defenses used to fight any foreign invader.
University of Miami researchers say their findings, which align with other studies on the topic, suggest flu shots can be used to offer protection against severe disease in countries where coronavirus vaccines are in short supply.
Flu shots could also benefit people who are hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccines, the team says.
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Ping for your interest.
Ha ha, that is because they are going to shove that covid crap in your flu shot.
Why take a flu shot? Flu is gone apparently.
Didn’t they say they will add covid to the Flu shot ?
What flu shot? :-} Don’t do those either.
Have these propaganda pushers no shame?
My immune system works fine on its own.
Doesn’t almost everything?
It’s unfortunate in that I think mRNA flu shots are what’s to come. But for those of us on the fence about these new technologies, a traditional flu shot may be a nice alternative to a COVID shot.
Always got my yearly as I did this year as well.
Plus, I have a rabbit’s foot, so I don’t need a mask......
Can you trust that a ‘flu shot’ doesn’t now contain mRNA content ???
Title correction: “Your flu shot may not protect against severe COVID”
I don’t do the flu shots either; no thank you. My father was the only one in our home who got the flu shot and he was the only one that year to get the flu!
Should you trust the CDC which I don’t.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/effectiveness-studies.htm
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200902/how-effective-is-the-flu-vaccine
On average, it’s been 40% effective, meaning it’s prevented illness 40% of the time. Since health officials started tracking it in 2003, effectiveness has varied from year to year, ranging from a low of 10% in 2004-05 to a high of 60% in 2010-11.
So, “it’s the flu, bro”?
WAIT A MINUTE!
I thought the purpose of a vaccine was so that you DIDN’T GET what you were vaccinated against.
NOW, that so many people who got Jabs/faux vaccines are getting COVID anyway, they have to sing a different tune. March to the tune of a different drummer.
Can you hear global warming morphing into climate change?
I can.
Sorry but the entire thread of this story reeks of fake news designed to peel away weakly-committed detractors or opponents of the Clot Shot.
Which Flu shot protects against Covid? People have to be jabbed every flu season. I’ve been jabbed exactly ONCE in my lifetime, about 4 years ago. What does that do for me today?
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