You have consulted us on our WhatsApp service about a video in which a woman claims that seasonal flu vaccines are harmful to the elderly and may cause serious side effects such as cancer or death. It is false. The registration is old and the claims it spreads lack scientific evidence, as the Spanish Nursing and Vaccination Association explained to VerificaRTVE.
“This flu vaccine campaign seems very dangerous to us,” said the head of the registry you spoke to us about. The video, which is marked as ” has been forwarded many times” on WhatsApp, he says that the Fluzone vaccine says “in its own technical sheet” that it will cause between one week and six months “many side effects and death.” He continues by saying that give those over 65 years of age the “Chiromas” vaccine has been put forward because it contains less viral antigen and its immune system is weaker than that of young people. .” It is also cautioned that elderly people over 70 years of age “receive high-intensity Fluzone; That is, the one with the highest antigen load.” On the other hand, he says that these vaccines are “potentially oncogenic” and “can cause cancer.”
The flu vaccine does not cause serious side effects or death
The flu vaccine is not a real risk or cause of death. The president of the Spanish Nursing and Vaccination Association, Antonio Forcada, confirms to VerificaRTVE that the claims in the video are false. As described, the same negative effects “They tend to be very mild and localizedfocuses on the point of administration; and general, such as fever, anorexia, fatigue.” He emphasizes that these problems are “self-limited and disappear after 48 hours.” World Health Organization also states in an article that it is wrong that the flu vaccine causes adverse effects.” This is also stated by the World Health Organization Ministry of Health: “Flu vaccines are very safe. Side effects are rare and can be local reactions at the injection site, headache or muscle pain.”
The technical sheet for vaccines for people over 70 does not warn about the risk of death
The video broadcast on WhatsApp shows that the technical sheet for the Fluzone vaccine given to people over 70 years old warns that it can cause many serious side effects and deaths. At VerificaRTVE we have consulted the technical sheet of the Fluzone flu vaccine and we found out that it is not true. In this document they explain that some “high-dose Fluzone recipients experienced an adverse event (SAE)”, but “None of the SAEs related to the study vaccines were considered” (pg. 4). Forcada assures that it is “a vaccine that has been used for a long time” and that “there are no reports of adverse effects” in the technical sheet, just as the main character of the video proves. The expert says that with any product, it must be stated on the technical page that there has been a response during the clinical trial, whether it is related or not. In this case, Forcada says, since the effects “occurred during the clinical trial of the vaccine, it is the duty of the laboratory to state in the technical sheet that these irregular conditions have happen.” “Anything that happens to you after vaccination, whether it’s related or not, must be reported; most times it’s not related,” the expert concluded.
The registration also denies that many antigens are given in people over 65 years old. Antonio Forcada explains that “when we get older our immune system wears out” and that’s why “much more antigen must be applied in order for the immune system to react“. In these cases, the old people are given “enhanced” vaccines.“, which strengthens the antigenic effect of the injection. It is about “a greater load of antigen so that the immune system reacts better” in those people “who have the weakest immune system ,” said Forcada. that it is a “very safe vaccine” and that it is interesting to protect “elderly people” because If they have the flu, the risk of serious illness and death is much higher.This has also been supported by the Geriatrics and Gerontology Society of Spain, which explains that this is called wear and tear. immunity and ensures that “high doses of the flu vaccine have been shown to more efficient compared to standard doses”.
Forcada also clarifies that the age range for applying one vaccine or another “It depends on the centralized purchase made by the ministry or the purchases made by each independent community” and in each “there may be different indications for vaccination.” However, he says that the “normal” thing for the population to be vaccination with the usual injection; from the age of 65, with an enhanced vaccine and, “for the elderly or people entering nursing homes, those with a high antigenic burden.” “All are safe with no cause or adverse effects“, emphasizes Ford.
Growing vaccines in cell lines does not cause cancer
Regarding the statement in the video that says flu vaccines are grown in cell lines and are oncogenic, Antonio Forcada is firm: ” it does not have to cause any type of cancer. They are not oncogenic“. The expert tells us that this crop There are two advantages. On the one hand, “in a month or two you’ll have the vaccine ready” and he allows that in the event of a flu pandemic he promises “you’ll have the vaccine in two months.” On the other hand, he makes sure that “they all come out exactly the same” and “it’s like cloning them.”
This method, as the president of the Spanish Nursing and Vaccination Association said, “is used even for skin culture when it is necessary to perform skin transplantation on burned people.” For this reason, Forcada says that “cell cultures and At no time was it ever associated with oncogenic problems“. He concludes by saying that “they are cell cultures that have also been made for many years and have complete and total safety.” In any case, Forcada recalls that “results must any, in this case vaccines, to be marketed. meet certain requirements.” very high safety levels, and clinical trials are conducted with a very high number of people.” For this expert, the statements in the video are “all conspiracies.”
The danger of misinformation about the flu vaccine
The video circulating on WhatsApp is old, it has been circulating since 2020 and it has already to deny by the Spanish Vaccine Association (AEV). This is not the first time that the head of the registry has spread lies about vaccination. At VerificaRTVE we have already contacted you MJMA He belongs to a group that since the pandemic has questioned and misinformed about the measures to fight against COVID-19. Likewise, the AEV denied another false claims of MJMA in which he asserted that anticovid vaccines would cause an epidemic. The president of the Spanish Nursing and Vaccination Association, Antonio Forcada, regrets it “The danger is that there are people who believe that the hoaxes that these people are spreading; and unfortunately there are people who come to believe them, people who think of conspiracies.
To combat these hoaxes, Forcada emphasizes that The role of health institutions and workers is to “offer reliable information and credible to the people we think it’s important that they have to get the vaccine.” This expert believes that any professional “who is in consultation has an ethical and professional duty to provide information about the characteristics of the vaccine, its benefits and also its risks” because every medicine has its risks, but those risks are small and controlled.” The president of ANENVAC also points out that those who have “the flu or pneumonia, or COVID, are at greater risk of suffering from cardiocirculatory disease” and that “By vaccinating them we are also protecting them from these conditions“. As the expert explains, it is worth remembering that “complications of the flu each year can kill 500 or 600,000 people around the world.” In the case of Spain, he says, “it depends on the season, but we are talking about 3,500 to 6,000 people in a season who could die as a result of this disease.
2024-10-28 16:23:00
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