10-05-2012, 05:54 PM
STUDY: "Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-RCTs comparing influenza vaccines with placebo or no intervention in naturally-occurring influenza in healthy individuals aged 16 to 65 years."
CONCLUSIONS: "Influenza vaccines have a modest effect in reducing influenza symptoms and working days lost. There is no evidence that they affect complications, such as pneumonia, or transmission."
BTW, for those who don't know, The Cochrane Collaboration is highly regarded even among "mainstream" medical professionals.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10...4/abstract
CONCLUSIONS: "Influenza vaccines have a modest effect in reducing influenza symptoms and working days lost. There is no evidence that they affect complications, such as pneumonia, or transmission."
BTW, for those who don't know, The Cochrane Collaboration is highly regarded even among "mainstream" medical professionals.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10...4/abstract