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Two decades ago, CBS aired a bombshell report on the flu shot, revealing a truth that health officials didn\u2019t want to admit. Despite flu shot uptake among seniors skyrocketing from 15% to 65%, flu deaths continued to climb.<\/p>\n
NIH scientists were devastated. They expected the data to confirm the vaccine\u2019s effectiveness. But instead, their own research\u00a0shattered that assumption.\u00a0<\/strong>So they assumed other factors must be\u00a0\u201cmasking the true benefits of the shots.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n However, as\u00a0Sharyl Attkisson<\/a>\u00a0reported at the time, \u201cNo matter how they crunched the numbers,\u00a0they got the same disappointing result. Flu shots have not reduced deaths among the elderly<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Going back to the story, the scientists looked at the flu shot data of other countries in hopes of finding more optimistic data. But what they found instead was\u00a0\u201cthe same poor results in Australia, France, Canada, and the UK.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Rather than re-evaluating their approach, health officials\u00a0doubled down.<\/strong>\u00a0The CDC refused to acknowledge the failure and instead proposed a\u00a0\u201croundabout way\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0of protecting seniors. Their new strategy?\u00a0Inject kids to \u201cprotect grandma.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n