As flu season approaches, doctors across the country recommend that others get the seasonal flu vaccine, which fitness experts say is more vital than usual amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It will reduce pressure on the medical system, allowing the country to have more capacity to fight the new coronavirus.
But some social media claims have discouraged vaccination by mistakenly confusing the flu vaccine with a vaccine opposed to coronavirus, the latter of which is still in development.
Facebook user Madyson Marquette posted what she said in an exchange with her son’s pediatrician about the flu vaccine on September 15. During the exchange, he said, his son’s doctor told him that the flu strain for the vaccine “Covid, but a very small strain “The implication is that” Covid “refers to coronavirus, which is why COVID-19, the disease that has killed about 200,000 Americans.
Marquette’s message says she told her doctor she would give her child an “unproven Covid flu shot. “She alleges that the doctor said he was being pressured because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked for it.
“Wake up and for all (this) it’s sacred DON’t give your little ones a Covid vaccine!” said his message.
Marquette’s message had more than 7,000 stocks on Friday afternoon and dated back to a request for additional data from USA TODAY.
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Seasonal influenza and the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, are viruses that can cause fever, cough, shortness of breath, and symptoms.
But SARS-CoV-2 is not a strain of influenza, but is part of a circle of coronavirus relatives that includes some that cause respiratory diseases superior to others. Experts say the new coronavirus is also much more fatal than seasonal influenza.
This year’s flu vaccine does not involve coronavirus or elements for people.
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Each year, researchers update the flu vaccine to protect those who get it from influenza virus strains. Shooting shields opposite 3 strains (trivalent) or 4 strains (quadvalent). Changes to the influenza vaccine 2020-2021 come with parts changed to fight. some up-to-date influenza strains, however, there are no indexed additions to the vaccine to combat coronaviruses, according to the CDC website.
A reuters fact that tested the content of influenza vaccines approved through the U. S. Food and Drug Administration found that none contained SARS-CoV-2 or other coronaviruses.
The FDA tests and approves all influenza vaccines, according to the CDC, so that no child or adult receives an “unproven” flu vaccine through a doctor.
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In addition, neither the CDC nor any physician is pushing for a coronavirus vaccine because there is no one to grow, the vaccine is still in progression and is not transparent when it will be widely available in the United States.
According to the New York Times Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker, 40 vaccines are being tested in humans and at least 92 in animals. Some vaccines in China and Russia have been approved for early use, but none have reached the point of being administered. American public.
Health professionals also refuted the concept that those who are vaccinated against the flu are more likely to test positive for coronavirus or are sick. According to the CDC, there’s no evidence of either of us happening. shield opposed to coronavirus capture.
Although the precise wording of the verbal exchange between the Facebook post and your child’s pediatrician is unknown, your message includes several false statements.
COVID-19 is not a strain of influenza, it is a coronavirus, and would not be provided in a seasonal influenza vaccine. The existing influenza vaccine does not involve the new coronavirus, and there is no evidence that receiving the vaccine would accumulate or minimize a person’s chances of getting COVID-19. Each flu vaccine is reviewed and approved by the FDA, so it is not “untested”. And no coronavirus vaccine has gone beyond clinical trials in the United States and is not publicly available at this stage.
For those reasons, this message is FALSE.
Ian Richardson covers the Iowa Statehouse for the Des Moines registry. Contact him on irichardson@registermedia. com, or on Twitter at @DMRIanR.
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