It's "flu-shot season" again, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to push vaccines on the population (pregnant women and infants included), in a futile effort to prevent cases of influenza. Towards the end of every season, we hear from the CDC that the efficacy of the vaccine was 62% or 58% or lower. But it is even worse. In fact, the prestigious Cochrane Review in 2014 stated that the flu vaccination "shows no appreciable effect on working days lost or hospitalization." Out of an average of 71 individuals receiving the flu shot, only one case of the flu was prevented.

Over this next "flu-shot season", over 20 million of the influenza vaccines distributed will contain thimerosal, the mercury-laden preservative used in multidose vaccine formulations. This means that every adult, child, and infant receiving one of these flu shots will be exposed to 25 micrograms of mercury.

Mercury in thimerosal has been linked to tics, speech delay, and language delay in children (Thompson et al. 2007 NEJM, Barile et al. 2013 J Pediatr Psychol, Verstraeten et al. 2003 Pediatrics, Andrews et al. 2004 Pediatrics) and many published studies also show a relationship with autism and ASD (Geier et al. 2013 Translational Neurodegeneration 2:25, among others).

It's odd and unsettling that we warn pregnant women against tuna consumption because of mercury, but in contrast, allow them to get mercury containing flu shots. It has been well established that mercury from thimerosal selectively accumulates in the placenta and travels through cord blood to the developing fetus, who does not have any mechanism to detoxify heavy metals (Ablesohn et al. 2011 Canadian Family Physician 57:26).

Ultimately the decision to receive a flu shot is yours alone. I am a scientist, not a medical practitioner, and do not give medical advice, only present the scientific facts. That being said, I will not be receiving the influenza vaccine.

From Focus for Health. Read more:

https://www.focusforhealth.org/may-not-know-flu-shot/