Vaccines are Safe and Effective and Prevent Disease?

............The Cochrane Collaboration, described as an international, independent, non-profit organization of over 28,000 contributors from more than 100 countries, dedicated to publishing current and accurate information about the effects of health care worldwide, puts health care practices to the test. They are considered to be a world leader in evidence based health care. An epidemiologist named Dr. Tom Jefferson performed a study to review the scientific evidence behind the influenza vaccine.

The objective of the study was to; “identify, retrieve and assess all studies evaluating the effects of vaccines against influenza in healthy adults.” The Cochrane Collaboration assessed randomized controlled trials comparing influenza vaccines with placebo or no intervention in healthy individuals aged 16-65. The scope of the study encompassed 36 clinical trials involving over 70,000 people between 1990 and 2010. It must be noted that these trials may be biased in favor of the vaccine industry as 15 of the 36 trials were performed by the vaccine industry.

The findings: In a best case scenario, where the vaccine virus matched the virus found circulating in our surroundings “uncommon”, there was a 3% difference in the vaccinated versus unvaccinated groups. (i.e. you would have to vaccinate 100 people to protect 3 people from getting the flu, 97 received no benefit.) In average conditions, partially matching vaccine, 100 people would need to be vaccinated to avoid one set of influenza symptoms. Putting this in perspective, seasonal flu vaccines have no benefit in 99 out of 100 people. In addition, the study results went on to say that vaccination had no effect on transmission rates, hospital admissions, complication rates (pneumonia), or lost work days..................