Open Thread

Nick Naylor: Gentlemen, practise these words in front of the mirror: Although we are constantly exploring the subject, currently there is no direct evidence
–Thank you for smoking

In an industry where meaningful statements are routinely replaced by marketing slogans, the only substance that remains is smoke.
–Thank you for smoking

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Here are some of the influenza vaccine side effects according to the Drug manufacturer:

Guillian-barre (nerve damage)
Blood and Lymphatic System Disorders
Lymphadenopathy.
Eye Disorders
Eye pain, photophobia.
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Dysphagia.
Chest pain, asthenia, abnormal gait,
Immune System Disorders
Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis, angioedema.
Infections and Infestations
Rhinitis, laryngitis, cellulitis.
Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders
Muscle weakness, arthritis.
Nervous System Disorders
Dizziness, paresthesia, hypoesthesia, hypokinesia, tremor, somnolence, syncope, Guillain-Barré
syndrome, convulsions/seizures, facial or cranial nerve paralysis, encephalopathy, limb paralysis.
Psychiatric Disorders
Insomnia.
Respiratory, Thoracic, and Mediastinal Disorders
Dyspnea, dysphonia, bronchospasm, throat tightness.
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
Vascular Disorders

In the Vaccine manufacturers clinical trial 4% in the vaccine group had a Grade 3* adverse event verses 3% in the placebo group for a 33% increased rate.
The vaccine group had 50% more serious adverse events** 0.9% verse 0.6%

*Grade 3 events are “defined as prevented work/school/normal activities or caused a doctor’s visit”.
**Serious adverse events are life threatening events.

https://www.fda.gov/media/74537/download

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To explain a paradoxical signal of increased clade 3C.3a risk among 35–54-year-old vaccinees, we hypothesise childhood immunological imprinting

We assessed VE by test-negative design for influenza

the odds of medically attended illness were > 4-fold increased for vaccinated vs unvaccinated participants

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6864978/
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vaccination for the current season was associated with a trend (P < 0.10) toward higher viral shedding (infeciousness)
vaccination with both the current and previous year’s vaccines significantly associated with greater shedding
we observed 6.3 times more shedding (infeciousness) among cases with vaccination

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5798362/
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vaccines, except rotavirus and tuberculosis vaccines, showed a significant association with GBS (Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune disease characterisced by the immune system causing enough nerve damage for types of paralysis to occur)
a significant association was evident in all age groups.

(Reported increased odd ratios ranged from as high as 77.91 for influenza vaccines to as low as 2.26 for encephalitis vaccines.)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-74729-2

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“Kids are jumping out the windows of burning buildings, falling to their deaths. And we think the problem is that they’re jumping.” ― Tommy Orange

“The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.” ―- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I have been getting the flu vaccine for eleventeen years now and none of those things have happened to me yet.

( Now . . . I WAS suspicious of the suddenly rushed-into-production swine flu vaccine during the President Ford administration, so I did not get THAT one).