Why The Flu Shot Doesn't Work

There is no single virus that causes the flu, and there is no single flu vaccine that protects against all of them. A flu vaccine is designed to help us build antibodies against the strains of flu that public health authorities expect to be most common and most serious. The flu vaccine is a sort of one-size-fits-all deal, even though there are more types of flu than the vaccine can hold and the flu types are different depending on where you live. Vaccines can’t be made overnight, so quickly creating a new vaccine in response to a new type of flu is impossible.

The flu vaccine works by giving the body small doses of flu to cause it to build an antibody (what the human body uses to get rid of the virus). An antibody for one type of flu won't necessarily bind to a virus part from another type of flu, therefore you don't get protection against other viruses. A flu vaccine can only stimulate your immune system to protect you against the viruses contained in the vaccine, with some lesser protection against very similar ones. Even then, you may not get protection against the intended virus. Viruses change over time. The piece that was in the vaccine may not 'look' the same (chemically) as the real thing (months later, after all!). Also, the vaccine may not have given you enough stimulation to fight off the disease.

So when the virus piece from the flu shot finds a chemical match in your body, an immune response occurs. Your body gears up its production of antibodies and receptor sites on cells that can mark the virus for destruction or kill it outright. It's like calling up an army for a battle. If you have enough defenses built up, your body has a chance of fighting off the virus. If not, you can still get the flu. When you are exposed to the flu too soon or too long after receiving the shot, the body doesn’t have the antibodies. When your body doesn’t produce enough antibodies, the few we do make are ineffective. Sometimes the virus changes beyond our bodies’ ability to recognize it, or the body doesn’t detect the vaccine at all.

Not to mention, the flu shot can have some side effects like soreness, swelling, fever or aches, and even becoming sick with the flu. And in some cases, a life threatening allergic reaction or the development of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (an immune system disorder that can lead to paralysis) may occur. Plus, are we really sure we know all the ingredients that go into a flu shot? They may contain harmful things like heavy metals and poisons that weaken our immune system over a long period of time.

The flu vaccine varies in effectiveness from year to year. Even in a best-case scenario, it won't always protect against the flu. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) didn't say that the vaccine doesn't work, they said the vaccine doesn't protect people from getting sick.
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