Posted
2/15/2005 05:12:00 PM
by Douglas
Ya heard it here first, kids. Flu shots are
worthless.Led by National Institutes of Health researchers, the study challenges standard government dogma and is bound to confuse senior citizens. During last fall's flu vaccine shortage, thousands of older Americans, heeding the government's public health message, stood in long lines to get their shots.
"There is a sense that we're all going to die if we don't get the flu shot," said the study's lead author, Lone Simonsen, a senior epidemiologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md. "Maybe that's a little much."
Stand in line for your inoculation. Your ear tag will be fitted momentarily.