This Year's Seasonal Flu Vaccine: Absolutely Of No Benefit -- Vaccinated Much More Likely To Acquire Seasonal Flu Than Non-Vaccinated -- Sure Glad I Got My Seasonal Flu Vaccination For This Season -- Comparative Mortality Rates Are Stunning -- April 9, 2025

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Seasonal flu vaccine, 2024 - 2025 season:

• 43,857 employees, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
• 82.1% vaccinated by the end of the study
• 1,079 (2.02%): came down with influenza
• cumulative incidence of influenza was similar to vaccinated and unvaccinated states early but over the course of the study the cumulative incidence of influenza increased more rapidly among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated
• bottom line: the risk of influenza was significantly higher for the vaccinated group compared to the unvaccinated group
• calcuated vaccine effectiveness: - 26.9%
• conclusion:
• This study found that influenza vaccination of working-aged adults was associated with a higher risk of influenza during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season, suggesting that the vaccine has not been effective in preventing influenza this season.

Not only is this absolutely amazing, but for all the effort, good, bad, or indifferent, only 2% of all individuals came down with influenza, and most cases would have been very, very minor-- close to asymptomatic and not picked up at all had they not been part of the study.

For laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations, this has been the worse year since 2009 -- first year data collected for this graphic. Link here.

Mortality rates. Did the vaccine actually make things worse?

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Measles

Meanwhile, the measles outbreak in Texas shows no signs of slowing. In fact, the most recent data suggests cases may be increasing at a faster rate than the previous week.

Total number of cases in the "outbreak area" now total 505, an increase of 24 since the last report one week ago.