This is just a lie. I've always know flu vaccines were 40% - 60% effective. Why is such a blatant lie doing so well on the right?
So... here's the thing
If you get a measles vaccine, you won't get the measles
If you get a polio vaccine, you won't get polio
This redefinition of what a vaccine does is desperately hurting the pro-vaccine crew in ways that will cause problems for many years to come
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2018 to 2019 CDC FAQ on Flu vaccines. Info has always been available.
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@RachelBCam
Don't we call them "a flu shot?"
I have never heard people call it a "flu vaccine."
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@LingTolls
Replies suggest that lots of people believe it. I linked to the CDC calling it a vaccine in 2018, but they won't listen to evidence.
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@RachelBCam
Not true for polio either, at least the vax we use here.
Reintroduction of polio into Australia is a moderate but plausible risk via travel to Israel, New York and London. Our vaccine (IPV) prevents paralysis but not transmission.
@VictorianCHO
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@TiggerTwo4
There are lots of people arguing that the word vaccine has been redefined. It has not.
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@RachelBCam
Annual Flu shot uptake is ~50% of eligible audience.
No one has ever called a seasonal influenza outbreak a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" and tried to mandate it for access to everything.
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@RachelBCam
To be fair, it was only last year where the CDC and other doctors said “If you’re vaccinated, you will not get COVID and you will not spread COVID.”
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@CathyYoung63
True true.
The problem was the initial messaging around the COVID vaccines.
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@CathyYoung63
You know what's an even bigger lie?
* CDC: Natural immunity is weaker than vax
* CDC: Actually, Nat is 3x more robust than vax
* CDC: We're not aware of myocarditis
* CDC: Myocarditis is rare and mild
* CDC ACIP data: Myocarditis happens 1/5000, similar to many other studies.
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