(September 5, 2019 at 7:09 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Are flu shots considered or perceived to be the same as vaccines? If so, it may be a confounding variable in these statistics.
A flu shot IS a vaccine, no different in function or purpose than a vaccine for smallpox or measles. The trouble with a flu vaccine is that there are numerous influenza viruses and they mutate with all the speed of a hungry cheetah. But even if a particular flu virus you get isn't the one you've been vaccinated against, your symptoms are likely to be shorter lived and less severe.
I think the results of the survey are likely pretty close to correct. There is a huge amount of discredited disinformation about vaccines.
Boru
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