Flu shot does not reduce risk of death

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 23:00

(American Thoracic Society) The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta.

The vaccine does confer protection against specific strains of influenza, but its overall benefit appears to have been exaggerated by a number of observational studies that found a very large reduction in all-cause mortality among elderly patients who had been vaccinated.

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