Flu Season: CDC Warns Of Low Vaccination Rates

Flu Season: CDC Warns Of Low Vaccination Rates​


November 25, 2024

With flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccination rates lagging across the U.S., the CDC is warning that it’s not too late for vulnerable populations - like older adults and young children - to protect themselves this winter.




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Big pharma profits must be suffering....
 
In this case it is correct though. You have no clue how vaccines work, do you?
I know you will think I am trying to insult you. I am not. I am just stating a fact, or at least a fact as I see it.

There is no value in your posts. I have to believe Censored and Night are the same person, because I fear that two different people could be that stupid. It is just weird.
 
So you started with the claim that the flu vaccine was untested, and now have moved on to the Covid vaccine? All based on some "the ceo"? I have been the CEO of several companies, so I will refute that.

The flu vaccine is one of the most tested things ever. The Covid vaccine is less tested, because it is newer, but has been tested a huge amount considering how new it is. There are all these health scientists out there desperate for work, and testing these vaccines is work. The idea no one is testing them is insane. That is not how reality works.
i meant covid all along.

Pfizer did not know whether Covid vaccine stopped transmission before rollout, executive admits​

A Pfizer exec has made a frank admission during a parliamentary hearing, with one representative describing it as “shocking, even criminal”.

 
I know you will think I am trying to insult you. I am not. I am just stating a fact, or at least a fact as I see it.

There is no value in your posts. I have to believe Censored and Night are the same person, because I fear that two different people could be that stupid. It is just weird.

So then, you're just spewing your special ignorance the replaces reality with party goals. Never knowing or caring about actual facts.

Do you think vaccines are like a talisman that protects you from evil?

I don't mean the MRNA shit - REAL vaccines.

No, you uneducated and benighted sot, vaccines introduce a virus into the body in a low dose, often dead virus, to create an immune response. The body then is prepared when live virus is encountered. As such a vaccine cannot and will not keep one from contracting a virus - it only works after one contracted the virus.

But as I said. ignorance is just part of who you are.
 

What Purpose Do Vaccinations Serve?​


The purpose of vaccinations is to protect you from diseases. Credited for eliminating once-dreaded infectious diseases like smallpox, diphtheria, and polio, vaccines are heralded as one of the greatest public health achievements in modern history.


Vaccines train your immune system to recognize and fight specific disease-causing organisms known as pathogens, which include viruses and bacteria. They then leave behind memory cells that can mount another defense if the pathogen returns. By tailoring your body's immune defenses, vaccines protect against many infectious diseases, either by blocking them entirely or reducing the severity of their symptoms.


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How the Immune System Works​

The body's immune system has several lines of defense to help protect against disease and fight off infections. They are broadly classified into two parts: innate immunity and adaptive immunity.


Innate Immunity​

This is the part of the immune system that you are born with. The innate immune system provides the body with its frontline defense against disease and is made of cells that are immediately activated once a pathogen appears. The cells don't recognize specific pathogens; they simply "know" a pathogen shouldn't be there and attack.


The defense system includes white blood cells known as macrophages (macro- meaning "big" and -phage meaning "eater") and dendritic cells (dendri- meaning "tree," which is fitting because of their branch-like extensions).


Dendritic cells, in particular, are responsible for presenting the pathogen to the immune system to trigger the next stage of the defense.1


Adaptive Immunity​

Also known as acquired immunity, the adaptive immune system responds to pathogens captured by the frontline defenders. Once presented with the pathogen, the immune system produces disease-specific proteins (called antibodies) that either attack the pathogen or recruit other cells (including B-cell or T-cell lymphocytes) to the body's defense.


Antibodies are "programmed" to recognize the attacker based on antigens(specific proteins) on its surface. These antigens serve to distinguish one pathogen type from another.


Once the infection has been controlled, the immune system leaves behind memory B-cells and T-cells to act as guards against future attacks. Some of these are long-lasting, while others wane over time and begin to lose their memory.2


How Vaccination Works​

By naturally exposing the body to everyday pathogens, the body can gradually build a robust defense against a multitude of diseases. Alternatively, the body can be immunized against disease through vaccination to achieve this same defense.


Vaccination involves the introduction of a substance that the body recognizes as the pathogen, preemptively triggering a disease-specific response. In essence, the vaccine "tricks" the body into thinking it is being attacked, although the vaccine itself does not cause disease.3


Depending on the vaccine, it may contain:


  • A dead or weakened form of the pathogen
  • A part of the pathogen
  • A substance produced by the pathogen

Newer technologies have enabled the creation of novel vaccines that do not involve any part of the pathogen itself but instead deliver genetic coding to cells, providing them "instructions" on how to build an antigen to spur an immune response. This new technology was used to create the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines used to fight COVID-19.4
There are also therapeutic vaccines that activate the immune system to help treat certain diseases.


There are currently three therapeutic vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that can used be in the treatment of prostate cancer, invasive bladder cancer, and oncolytic melanoma.5


Other therapeutic vaccines are currently being explored to treat viral infections like hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, and human papillomavirus (HPV).6


Types of Vaccines​

Although the aims of all vaccinations are the same—to trigger an antigen-specific immune response—not all vaccines work in the same way.


There are five broad categories of vaccines currently in use and numerous subcategories, each with different antigenic triggers and delivery systems (vectors).


Live Attenuated Vaccines​

Live attenuated vaccines use a whole, live virus or bacterium that has been weakened (attenuated) in order to make it harmless to people with healthy immune systems.


Once introduced into the body, the attenuated virus or bacteria triggers an immune response closest to that of a natural infection. Because of this, live attenuated vaccines tend to be more durable (longer-lasting) than many other types of vaccine.7


Live attenuated vaccines can prevent diseases such as:7



Despite the efficacy of live attenuated vaccines, they are generally not recommended for people with compromised immune systems. This includes organ transplant recipients and people with HIV, among others.

 

Inactivated Vaccines​

Inactivated vaccines, also known as whole-killed vaccines, use whole viruses that are dead. Although the virus cannot replicate, the body will still regard it as harmful and launch an antigen-specific response.7


Inactivated vaccines are used to prevent the following diseases:7



Subunit Vaccines​

Subunit vaccines use only a piece of the germ or a bit of protein to spark an immune response. Because they don’t use the whole virus or bacterium, side effects aren’t as common as with live vaccines. With that said, multiple doses are typically needed for the vaccine to be effective.8


These also include conjugate vaccines in which the antigenic fragment is attached to a sugar molecule called a polysaccharide.


Diseases prevented by subunit vaccines include:7



Toxoid Vaccines​

Sometimes it’s not the bacterium or virus you need protection against but rather a toxin that the pathogen produces when it is inside the body.


Toxoid vaccines use a weakened version of the toxin—called a toxoid—to help the body learn to recognize and fight off these substances before they cause harm.


Toxoid vaccines licensed for use include those that prevent:7



mRNA Vaccines​

Newer mRNA vaccines involve a single strand molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) that delivers genetic coding to cells. Within the coding are instructions on how to "build" a disease-specific antigen called a spike protein.


The mRNA is encased in a fatty lipid shell. Once the coding is delivered, the mRNA is destroyed by the cell.


There are four mRNA vaccines approved for use in 2024 to fight COVID-19:9



Before COVID-19, there were no mRNA vaccines licensed for use in humans.

Vaccine Safety​

Despite claims and myths to the contrary, vaccines work and, with few exceptions, are extremely safe. Throughout the development process, there are multiple tests vaccines must pass before they ever make it to your local pharmacy or healthcare provider's office.


Prior to being licensed by the FDA, manufacturers undergo stringently monitored phases of clinical research to ascertain whether their vaccine candidate is effective and safe. This typically takes years and involves no less than 15,000 trial participants.10


After the vaccine is licensed, the research is reviewed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—a panel of public health and medical experts coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—to determine whether it is appropriate to recommend the vaccine and to which groups.10


Even after the vaccine is approved, it will continue to be monitored for safety and efficacy, allowing ACIP to adjust its recommendations as needed. There are three reporting systems used to track adverse vaccine reactions and channel the report to ACIP:


  • Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
  • Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD)
  • Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Network

What Benefits Due Vaccinations Provide​

By getting vaccinated, you can protect yourself and also avoid spreading preventable diseases to other people in your community. Some people cannot get certain vaccines because they are too young, elderly, have a weakened immune system, or have other serious health conditions.11


The more people within a community who are vaccinated against an infectious disease, the fewer who are susceptible to the disease and likely to spread it. When enough vaccinations are given, the community as a whole can be protected against the disease, even those who have not been infected. This is referred to as herd immunity.


The "tipping point" varies from one infection to the next but, generally speaking, a substantial proportion of the population must be vaccinated in order for herd immunity to develop.12


Herd Immunity with COVID-19​

With COVID-19, studies determined herd immunity would require 75% to 85% of the population to be vaccinated, and the more the intensity of an infection, the more the population needs to be vaccinated.13
Herd immunity is what led public health officials to eradicate diseases like smallpox that used to kill millions. Even so, herd immunity is not a fixed condition. If vaccine recommendations are not adhered to, a disease can re-emerge and spread throughout the population yet again.


Such has been seen with measles, a disease declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 but one that is staging a comeback due to declines in vaccination rates among children.14


Contributing to the declines in herd immunity are unfounded claims of harms from anti-vaccination proponents who have long asserted that vaccines are not only ineffective (or created by corporate profiteers) but may also cause conditions like autism, despite science confirming it is not true.


Considerations​

The bulk of clinical evidence shows that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh any potential risks and that almost everyone should get the recommended vaccines at the recommended times.315


However, it is important to advise your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, are immunocompromised, or have had an adverse reaction to a vaccine in the past. In some cases, a vaccine may still be given, but in others, the vaccine may need to be substituted or avoided.


Summary​

The point of getting vaccinated is to protect you and the people in your community from certain diseases. Vaccines help the body learn how to defend itself from disease without the dangers of a full-blown infection. Different types of vaccines work in different ways with the same goal of triggering an immune response. Vaccines work and are safe for almost everyone.

 
Do you think vaccines are like a talisman that protects you from evil?
No, I think vaccines give you some level of immunity to a given disease. When enough people get immunity, there is herd immunity, and a disease can no longer spread in a population. If the vaccine is successful enough, and implemented well enough, it can actually drive the disease to extinction. This is what happened with smallpox.
 
There are samples of smallpox at the CDC, and a lab in Russia, but people are no longer getting smallpox.
Smallpox is not of the Covid series nor the influenza series, Wally.
It was ring fenced by vaccinated people, and exterminated.
Smallpox is not exterminated.
The same has almost happened to polio.
Polio is not exterminated either.
Haven't you noticed that people are no longer getting smallpox and polio?
People still get polio, Wally.
I was in the first generation not to get smallpox vaccines, because it had been driven out of existence.
It has not been driven out of existence, Wally.
 
So you started with the claim that the flu vaccine was untested,
It's moot.
and now have moved on to the Covid vaccine?
There is no covid vaccine. There is only a covid treatment (which idiots like you call a 'vaccine').
Trying to justify your annual paranoia is not going to work, Wally.
All based on some "the ceo"? I have been the CEO of several companies, so I will refute that.

The flu vaccine is one of the most tested things ever.
Not really.
The Covid vaccine is less tested, because it is newer, but has been tested a huge amount considering how new it is.
There is no Covid vaccine, Wally.
There are all these health scientists
Void reference fallacy. Science is a set of falsifiable theories, not a vaccine or rMna treatment.
out there desperate for work, and testing these vaccines is work. The idea no one is testing them is insane. That is not how reality works.
Buzzword fallacy. You don't know what 'reality' is or how it's defined. It is not a verb.
 
No, I think vaccines give you some level of immunity to a given disease.
Vaccines don't prevent transmission or infection of any disease.
When enough people get immunity, there is herd immunity, and a disease can no longer spread in a population.
No immunity or vaccine or mRna treatment prevents transmission or infection of any disease.
If the vaccine is successful enough, and implemented well enough, it can actually drive the disease to extinction. This is what happened with smallpox.
False equivalence fallacy.
The influenza series of viruses has thousands of variants. The Covid/SARS series has a few dozen.
Neither one kills.

Your annual paranoia is YOUR problem. I don't have to live that way.
 
Every year people die from the flu. There were 28,000 deaths in the 2023-2024 flu season. Oh yeah, I forgot, you do not believe in flu seasons.


You do not think flu vaccines were ever tested? I reassure you they are among the most tested things ever.
Both Sybil and Fredo have severe mental issues. It's best if they never see a doctor and never have any vaccinations.
 
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