Cochrane on flu vaccination of the elderly

[Guest guest]

Here is what is really happening - they want

adjuvanted........................................SICK and more

injured.

aluminum, squalene, and whatever else comes down the pike. How

about adding rock salt? that should do it or straight chlorine

bleach or plutonium?

" Salisbury is quoted in the press, commenting on the Cochrane

review, pointing out that we always knew the vaccines to be less

effective old people, and that adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine is more effective.

Perhaps there'll be a general move to adjuvanted flu vaccines; and/or to

vaccines delivered in a way that is more immunogenic: intradermal

vaccines like Intanza ® may have a role. "

Sheri

(a UK

pro vax doctor)

http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD005187/frame.html

This updated review has been reported in the press. What it actually says

is:

" Vaccines for preventing seasonal influenza and its complications in

people aged 65 or older

" Influenza vaccination of elderly individuals is recommended

worldwide as people aged 65 and older are at a higher risk of

complications, hospitalisations and deaths from influenza. This review

looked at evidence from experimental and non-experimental studies carried

out over 40 years of influenza vaccination. We included 75 studies. These

were grouped first according to study design and then the setting

(community or long-term care facilities). The results are mostly based on

non-experimental (observational) studies, which are at greater risk of

bias, as not many good quality trials were available. Trivalent

inactivated vaccines are the most commonly used influenza vaccines. Due

to the poor quality of the available evidence, any conclusions regarding

the effects of influenza vaccines for people aged 65 years or older

cannot be drawn. The public health safety profile of the vaccines appears

to be acceptable. "

That's just the " plain language summary " , of course. So there's

little evidence of efficacy... I wonder whether more effective vaccines

will make a difference... See

http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004876/frame.html

for the whole thing.

And they're not convinced that the evidence supports the idea that

vaccinating HCWs and carers protects vulnerable older people:

http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD005187/frame.html

Salisbury is quoted in the press, commenting on the Cochrane

review, pointing out that we always knew the vaccines to be less

effective old people, and that adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine is more effective.

Perhaps there'll be a general move to adjuvanted flu vaccines; and/or to

vaccines delivered in a way that is more immunogenic: intradermal

vaccines like Intanza ® may have a role.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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