Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals
by ceejayoz on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:29PM
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The latter.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/misconceptions.htm
> No, flu vaccines cannot cause flu illness. Flu vaccines given with a needle (i.e., flu shots) are currently made in two ways: the vaccine is made either with a) flu viruses that have been ‘inactivated’ (killed) and that therefore are not infectious, or b) using only a single gene from a flu virus (as opposed to the full virus) in order to produce an immune response without causing infection. This is the case for recombinant influenza vaccines.
Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals
by throw1234651234 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @02:42PM
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Fair enough. Though I do think people need to understand that OTHER vaccines do use live viruses, and that's where the confusion comes from.
Are you saying that a lot of vaccines are NOT weakened versions of the actual virus which can give you the sickness if your immune system is weak?
Or are you saying that the commonly used flu vaccine in the US does not utilize a live form of the virus?
If you are talking about the specifics of the latter, you could be right, I am not an expert.