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More Than 100 Seniors Died After Receiving This Flu Shot Given By Pharmacies
Health providers and senior citizens receive two different brochures about the flu shot, with key information missing on the latter.
by Yelena Sukhoterina
As it happens every winter, the marketing push for receiving a flu shot continues. CVS is offering a 20% shopping pass when you get your flu shot. They are also marketing a high-dose vaccine, which is of course more profitable for the manufacturer and the pharmacy, but there are plenty of reasons to be wary of it — especially for seniors.
Fluzone® High-Dose is an injectable vaccine, specifically approved for people ages 65 and older. Manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, this shot contains three flu strains and four times more antigen (substance that causes an immune response) than regular flu shots, claims CVS Pharmacy (Rite Aid also offers it and admits that “more studies are being done” to see whether it actually offers an improvement at all).
The pharmacy does admit that the vaccine is not recommended for anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction (especially Guillain-Barré syndrome) to vaccines in the past.
But between their marketing campaigns and promoting a 20% shopping coupon, they omitted a vital piece of information: 105 seniors died after taking part in two Fluzone high-dose vaccine trials, and 91 died after getting the regular Fluzone vaccine.
Deaths after the Fluzone Clinical Trials
Rite Aid and other pharmacies also offer the shot, but many people have questioned whether seniors are being told the truth about their risks.
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I misread that as “senators”, and not “seniors”. Boy!!! What a happy five seconds until I reread that headline!!!