“Influenza vaccination and respiratory virus interference among Department of Defense personnel during the 2017-2018 influenza season.“ CONCLUSIONS: Receipt of influenza vaccination was not associated with virus interference among our population. Examining virus interference by specific respiratory viruses showed mixed results. Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus; however, significant protection…
Tag: Influenza
Dr. James Lyons-Weiler on “Is CDC Borrowing Pneumonia Deaths ‘From Flu’ for ‘From COVID-19’?”
An analysis from Dr. James Lyons-Weiler on influenza/pneumonia statistics and their relationship to Covid-19 statistics. CDC needs to stop conflating influenza/pneumonia deaths so we can get accurate comparisons between these infectious diseases. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cdc-borrowing-pneumonia-deaths-from-flu-covid-19-james-lyons-weiler
Scientific American reports ‘Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges’
A Scientific American op-ed which comments. “The former are actual numbers; the latter are inflated statistical estimates.” The problem with how the nation measures fly statistics are coming to light. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/comparing-covid-19-deaths-to-flu-deaths-is-like-comparing-apples-to-oranges/