Dr. Barry Dworkin

No hard evidence that a small number of people who had flu vaccine had less risk of Covid-19 infections. Socioeconomic and environmental factors at play among other more likely explanations.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February , 2021

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Flu vaccine may protect against Covid-19 infection

Related posts:

  1. Imperial College London study provides more evidence that a double-vaccinated person is engaging in a classic and time-honoured risk-and-harm-reduction strategy. #vaccineswork
  2. Retrospective study finds that the flu vaccine has benefits against severe effects of COVID-19. How it does this remains unknown but if true, it will be fascinating and enlightening to figure out how our immune response works in this setting.
  3. 2014-15 flu shot was ineffective because the virus mutated after vaccine went into production
  4. Risk calculus and interpretation changing in Ontario. Public Health recommends suspending first dose of AZ vaccine pending further data analysis. Outcome even if in favour of resumption will not change the erosion of public confidence.