The 2017-2018 flu season is hammering citizens everywhere.
With discredited conspiracies about vaccines causing autism, the flu shot is getting more attention for fake news. The claim is that an unnamed CDC doctor
admitted that the flu vaccine caused this year’s flu outbreak. Mistrust in vaccines
is nothing new for the United States. It makes it harder to convince people of
the science behind vaccines when fake news cite imaginary doctors. Luckily for
us, no one credible is saying that the flu shot causes the flu. According to the CDC, “a flu vaccine is the first and best way to reduce your chances of
getting the flu.” The CDC also reassures skeptics by saying “the flu vaccine
cannot cause flu. The vaccines either contain inactivated virus . . . or a
particle designed to look like a flu virus to your immune system.” Rest
assured, getting vaccinated is always the best bet. [1 image, 2 links, 2 quotations, 152 words]
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