{"id":65457,"date":"2018-10-10T19:50:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=65457"},"modified":"2018-10-10T19:50:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:50:29","slug":"cdcs-influenza-math-doesnt-add-exaggerating-death-toll-sell-flu-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/cdcs-influenza-math-doesnt-add-exaggerating-death-toll-sell-flu-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"The CDC&#8217;s Influenza Math Doesn&#8217;t Add Up: Exaggerating the Death Toll to Sell Flu Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year at about this time, public health officials and their media megaphones start up the drumbeat to encourage everyone (including half-year-old infants, pregnant women and the invalid elderly) to get a flu shot. Never mind that more often than not the vaccines&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29883414\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">don\u2019t work<\/a>, and sometimes even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health\/flu-vaccine-paradox-adds-to-public-health-debate-1.2912790\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increase the risk<\/a>&nbsp;of getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>To buttress their alarmist message for 2018-2019, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies held a press conference and issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfid.org\/newsroom\/news-conferences\/2018-nfid-influenza-pneumococcal-news-conference\/press-release.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;on September 27, citing a particularly \u201crecord-breaking\u201d (though unsubstantiated) 80,000 flu deaths last year. Having \u201cmedical experts and public health authorities publicly\u2026state concern and alarm (and predict dire outcomes)\u201d is part and parcel of the CDC\u2019s documented&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-29-CDC-flu-uptake-presentation-Nowak.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">playbook<\/a>&nbsp;for \u201cfostering public interest and high\u2026demand\u201d for flu shots. CDC\u2019s media relations experts frankly admit that \u201cframing\u201d the current flu season as \u201cmore severe than last or past years\u201d or more \u201cdeadly\u201d is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-29-CDC-flu-uptake-presentation-Nowak.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highly effective strategy<\/a>&nbsp;for garnering strong interest and attention from both the media and the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year at about this time, public health officials and their media megaphones start up the drumbeat to encourage everyone (including half-year-old infants, pregnant women and the invalid elderly) to get a flu shot. 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