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<blockquote data-quote="johnoswaldallan" data-source="post: 25402" data-attributes="member: 1518"><p>Hi All</p><p></p><p>Most of you seem to be in favour of having the flu jab. I did have quite a bad reaction to it a few years ago which has somewhat put me off having it. There seems to be little credible evidence that it does any good at all. Some people have taken it every year for 10 –12 yrs and haven’t contracted influenza but the $64,000 dollar question is if they had not had the jab would the have got influenza. Of course it is impossible to know. Influenza as we all know is quite different to the normal winter colds and the strains are constantly changing and the vaccine is changed accordingly but it is a very hit and miss process. As for the NHS and the cost effectiveness of the flu jab. I cant see how anyone can arrive at any credible statistics, what I do know is that the pharmaceutical companies are very persuasive in promoting their products to the medical profession regardless of their benefits, a good example being statins, they have convinced a large proportion of the medical profession (not all of them) that just about every one over the age of 5 should be taking them. Their data regarding the benefits of statins are to say the least “as bent as a nine bob bit” Perhaps I am being too cynical?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p></p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnoswaldallan, post: 25402, member: 1518"] Hi All Most of you seem to be in favour of having the flu jab. I did have quite a bad reaction to it a few years ago which has somewhat put me off having it. There seems to be little credible evidence that it does any good at all. Some people have taken it every year for 10 –12 yrs and haven’t contracted influenza but the $64,000 dollar question is if they had not had the jab would the have got influenza. Of course it is impossible to know. Influenza as we all know is quite different to the normal winter colds and the strains are constantly changing and the vaccine is changed accordingly but it is a very hit and miss process. As for the NHS and the cost effectiveness of the flu jab. I cant see how anyone can arrive at any credible statistics, what I do know is that the pharmaceutical companies are very persuasive in promoting their products to the medical profession regardless of their benefits, a good example being statins, they have convinced a large proportion of the medical profession (not all of them) that just about every one over the age of 5 should be taking them. Their data regarding the benefits of statins are to say the least “as bent as a nine bob bit” Perhaps I am being too cynical? Regards John [/QUOTE]
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