Influenza vaccine failure! Uemura 2023 (Japan study report) shows us what we have been saying all along that the flu shot is ineffective & never worked & will not! McCullough leads on this with strong

reporting in his stack that ‘the massive effort on flu vaccination in the general population is a waste of time and effort; the frail and elderly get no overal reduction death, hospitalization

Key finding:
‘study identified moderate vaccine effectiveness in preventing the incidence of influenza in the Japanese elderly. Vaccine effectiveness showed a trend of gradual attenuation. Clinicians should suspect influenza infection even in those vaccinated, especially in elderly individuals who had received vaccination more than 4 or 5 months previously.’

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McCullough’s conclusion:
‘These data suggest the massive effort on vaccination in the general population is a waste of time and effort. If the frail and elderly get no overall direct reduction in hospitalization and death, influenza vaccination should be individualized based on pulmonary and systemic risks.’
SOURCE:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37045684/#full-view-affiliation-1
‘Used a linked database of healthcare administrative claims data and vaccination records maintained by the municipality of a city in Kanto region of Japan…
studied individuals who were aged 65 years or older at baseline and were followed up between April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2020.
Results

identified an analysis population of 83,146 individuals, of which 7,401 (8.9%) had experienced influenza and 270 (0.32%) underwent influenza-related hospitalization.
Individuals who were vaccinated during the first season (n = 47,338) were older than non-vaccinated individuals (n = 35,808) (average age, 75.8 vs. 74.1 years, respectively). The multivariable analysis showed a lower incidence of influenza in vaccinated individuals (hazard ratio [HR], 0.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.43–0.51; P < 0.001), while the incidence of hospitalization for influenza did not differ significantly by vaccination status (HR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.53–1.18; P = 0.249)…
Conclusions

study identified moderate vaccine effectiveness in preventing the incidence of influenza in the Japanese elderly. Vaccine effectiveness showed a trend of gradual attenuation. Clinicians should suspect influenza infection even in those vaccinated, especially in elderly individuals who had received vaccination more than 4 or 5 months previously.’
Uemura K, Ono S, Michihata N, Yamana H, Yasunaga H. Duration of influenza vaccine effectiveness in the elderly in Japan: A retrospective cohort study using large-scale population-based registry data. Vaccine. 2023 May 5;41(19):3092-3098. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.066. Epub 2023 Apr 10. PMID: 37045684.
Excellent scholarship and substack by Peter McCullough covering the key influenza shot issues:

Courageous Discourse™ with Dr. Peter McCullough & John Leake

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By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH Influenza vaccination has become a mainstay in American medicine largely as measure to protect the elderly. However in recently decades the FluShot has been pushed on healthcare workers, the general adult public, and starting in 2017 the CDC ACIP Panel stated: “Routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all…
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