With fall comes flu season, and with that a slew of misinformation, rumors, or misconceptions about influenza and the flu shot. Here's a look back at claims from flu seasons past:
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by Alex Kasprak, Jan. 23, 2018
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With fall comes flu season, and with that a slew of misinformation, rumors, or misconceptions about influenza and the flu shot. Here's a look back at claims from flu seasons past:
By Alex Kasprak
Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer reporting on scientific misinformation, online fraud, and financial crime.
Oct. 8, 2016
It’s flu season, and that means a whole new wave of recycled anti-vaccine fearmongering.
Jan. 15, 2018
Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective ...
Feb. 14, 2018
This claim is based on the incorrect interpretation of single quote from one nurse in Wisconsin ...
Dec. 17, 2018
The FBI issues a "Most Wanted Fugitives" list, but the DOJ has no equivalent for supposedly "Dan ...
Jan. 30, 2018
Psychiatric problems are possibly associated with the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, but causation ...
Feb. 14, 2018
Tamiflu is not responsible for the high number of flu season deaths, even if its potential rare ...
Oct. 26, 2018
The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to scare people ...
Jan. 17, 2018
A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the flu epide ...
April 9, 2018
A missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor was found dead, but he was not a "wh ...
Jan. 23, 2018
“I will not allow incubators of dangerous viruses to come anywhere near my son,” the First Lady ...