Dr. Barry Dworkin

Flu vaccine mythos: Normal immune response to the flu vaccine is misinterpreted as ‘getting the flu’. The reality is that there is no active replicating virus in the vaccine. It is also being offered during flu and cold season.

Health Headlines Commentary for October 22, 2018

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Doctors ‘flabbergasted’ that half of parents think flu shot causes the flu.

 

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