Expectant mothers will be told that getting a flu shot while they are pregnant is SAFE!

Expectant mothers will be told that getting a flu shot while they are pregnant is not only safe, but will protect from one of the possible consequences of influenza while pregnant – low birth weight.

How many doctors will ever read the abstract, let alone the full text? In the hectic environment of medical practice, they will take someone else’s word for it, and reassure unsuspecting mothers that the vaccine is the way to go.

My question would be, “Did the influenza vaccine increase that baby’s weight or did the pneumococcal vaccine decrease the ‘placebo’ baby’s weight?”

If the pneumococcal vaccine had negative effects, then that would minimize the observed effects seen in the influenza-vaccinated group. We’ll never know, unless someone funds a true placebo study, preferably on rats, not pregnant Bangladeshi mothers and their infants.

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