{"id":15349,"date":"2025-11-20T12:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=15349"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:28:11","slug":"do-flu-vaccines-make-you-sicker","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-flu-vaccines-make-you-sicker\/","title":{"rendered":"Do flu vaccines make you sicker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joeroganhq\/status\/1989712179868696631?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>,\u00a0RFK Jr. claims that flu shots weaken the immune system, making people more likely to get non-flu illnesses, including COVID.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]RFK Jr. claims that the Pentagon proved flu shots make people more likely to get the flu or COVID, but the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0264410X19313647?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0he refers to actually says the opposite. The study\u2019s conclusion clearly states that getting a flu shot did\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0make people more likely to catch other viruses. It also shows that the flu vaccine provides strong protection against many illnesses, including different types of flu, parainfluenza, RSV, and other non-flu viruses. The Department of Defense still requires flu vaccination because it helps keep service members healthy and prevent illness.<\/p>\n<p>He also points to a claim that the flu vaccine causes 4.4 times more illness, based on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2022.882972\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0of only 115 children. But that same study also looked at about 6,000 adults and found that vaccinated adults had\u00a0<strong>fewer<\/strong>\u00a0non-flu respiratory illnesses, not more. Anti-vaccine sources sometimes use only the parts of studies that support their message, while ignoring the rest. This is why scientists look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10138056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full datasets<\/a>, not one small number taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. further claims that the flu shot \u201cenhances\u201d coronavirus infections. But the study cited for this claim shows that the flu vaccine does\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0make people more likely to get COVID\u00a0or get sicker from it. Instead, vaccines help\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/employersolutions.vanderbilthealth.com\/employer-insights-blog\/wild-mild-how-flu-shots-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protect against serious illness<\/a>\u00a0from respiratory viruses.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flu shots don\u2019t weaken immunity or raise your risk of COVID. Studies show they protect against flu and other viruses, despite claims from RFK Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,190,188,218],"class_list":["post-15349","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-influenza","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15350,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15349\/revisions\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=15349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}