Influenza vaccine makes you highly susceptible to other viruses, especially COVID-19

 

Article at a glance:

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns against taking the flu shot due to limited protection against circulating flu strains and increased risk of non-flu viral infections.
• Research from the British Medical Journal indicates that the flu shot may prime the immune system for non-flu viral upper-respiratory infections.
• A Pentagon study found that individuals who received the flu shot were 36% more likely to catch coronavirus.
• Flu shots contain toxic mercury, with levels exceeding EPA standards, posing a risk of neurological damage as mercury can cross the blood-brain barrier.
• Despite high mercury content, flu vaccines are marketed as risk-free without scientific clinical trials to prove efficacy, highlighting the need for transparency and accountability in the pharmaceutical industry.

 

“I would not take the flu shot in a million years, and I’ll tell you why,” says Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly appointed head of Health and Human Resources for the United States of America. Basically, when you get a flu shot, you are only protected against a few (sometimes only one) particular strains of flu, out of about a dozen or more possible that could be circulating that flu season, which lasts from October through May. Those injected folks are FOUR TIMES more likely to get a non-flu viral infection. Ever notice how many people who get the flu shot get sick right away?

 

You can read the full article here > https://www.newstarget.com/2024-12-13-rfkjr-blows-whistle-on-dreaded-flu-shot.html

 

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The usual anti-vaxxer tripe.

 

I've been having flu shots for more than 50 years.

 

I've never had the flu in that time. One potential side effect is my tolerance for idiots is decreasing.

Good for Kennedy. Absolutely worthless jab. They all are though.

 

The flu is a good thing to have. Shouldn't suppress the symptoms.

On 1/8/2025 at 1:05 PM, Red Phoenix said:

You can read the full article here > https://www.newstarget.com/2024-12-13-rfkjr-blows-whistle-on-dreaded-flu-shot.html

 

 

Predictable anti-vax misinformation from RFK Jr. and the cited article from a garbage-level conspiracy-pseudoscience source -- "one of the most discredited sources on the internet."

 

 

"Overall, we rate News Target a quackery level pseudoscience and a tin foil hat conspiracy website, as well as extreme right-wing biased. This is one of the most discredited sources on the internet."

 

"News Target is a conspiracy and pseudoscience website that routinely publishes false information. The founder is Mike Adams, who owns several Questionable websites such as Natural News and Trump.news."

 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/news-target/

 

And re the various bogus claims in the bogus OP:

 

COVID RISK?:

No Evidence That Flu Shot Increases Risk of COVID-19

By Angelo Fichera

Posted on April 27, 2020

Quick Take

"A claim being pushed on social media and by an organization skeptical of vaccines is using a military study to falsely suggest that the flu vaccine increases someone’s risk of contracting COVID-19. The study does not say that, and the Military Health System advises people to get the flu shot."

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/no-evidence-that-flu-shot-increases-risk-of-covid-19/

 

MERCURY?:

 

From Kennedy's own HHS agency re the flu vaccine and what the OP post calls "toxic mercury."

Can vaccines with thimerosal cause mercury poisoning?

A: No. Thimerosal has a different form of mercury (ethylmercury) than the kind that causes mercury poisoning (methylmercury). It’s safe to use ethylmercury in vaccines because it’s less likely to build up in the body — and because it’s used in very, very small amounts. Even so, most vaccines do not have any thimerosal in them. If you’re concerned about thimerosal or mercury in vaccines, talk with your doctor.

Vaccine Safety

In the United States, a number of safeguards are required by law to help ensure that the vaccines we receive are safe. Because vaccines are given to millions of healthy people—including children—to prevent serious diseases, they’re held to very high safety standards.

 

SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL TRIALS?:

Vaccines are tested before they’re recommended for use

Before a vaccine is ever recommended for use, it’s tested in labs. This process can take several years. FDA uses the information from these tests to decide whether to test the vaccine with people.

 

During a clinical trial, a vaccine is tested on people who volunteer to get vaccinated. Clinical trials usually start with 20 to 100 volunteers, but eventually include thousands of volunteers. These tests can take several years...

 

https://www.hhs.gov/immunization/basics/safety/index.html

 

MORE LIKELY TO GET OTHER VIRAL INFECTIONS?

 

"The central study cited by the Children’s Health Defense is a 2019 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch study that probed the theory that “influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses” — a concept known as “virus interference.”

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Belongia said virus interference has been the subject of speculation and some studies with mixed results, but there is ultimately little data to support it. A 2013 study he worked on, cited in the AFHSB study, found that “influenza vaccination was not associated with detection of noninfluenza respiratory viruses.”

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Rikin said “just because we found an association between flu vaccines and acute respiratory infections does not mean that the flu vaccine actually caused there to be a higher risk of infections.” She said the group struggled to find a “biologically plausible explanation” and that while “there is a small body of literature that hypothesizes that the phenomenon of shifts in viral prevalence could be caused by viral interference,” there is not “strong empirical evidence of this occurring.”

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/no-evidence-that-flu-shot-increases-risk-of-covid-19/

 

 

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“I would not take the flu shot in a million years, and I’ll tell you why,” says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

 

 

Notwithstanding RFK Jr.'s long-standing anti-vax views, the only source for the above cited quote appears to be the bogus News Target article in the OP.