Link between flu shots and miscarriages was known long before now

Flu shots and miscarriages: What the media hasn’t told you

The big story last week was about a study finding a link between pregnant women who get the flu shot and, soon after, suffer a miscarriage.

While it received plenty of media attention, there’s a lot you’re not being told.

And I’m sure that all those who profit from flu shot sales are hopping mad that this research was finally published and hit the news.

In fact, the CDC gave doctors advance warning this study was going to be released last week, also preparing a special handout attempting to explain what it called “a potential safety signal” associated with the flu shot and pregnant women.

But it turns out this safety signal has been flashing for quite a while, except only those on the “inside” knew what was going on.

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Sitting on the facts
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To hear the way the CDC — and most doctors — tell it, getting a flu shot while pregnant is hands down the most important thing you can do to “protect yourself and your baby.”

So, when a group of researchers — including some from the CDC — just published a study completed years ago in the journal Vaccine, which found a link between a woman having back-to-back yearly flu shots and suffering a miscarriage, the damage-control machinery immediately went into action.

We were told the findings were simply a fluke, a toss of the coin that somehow turned up heads a bunch of times in a row. Experts chimed in and insisted that pregnant women shouldn’t worry… and, most important of all, shouldn’t stop getting that flu shot!

But despite all those reassurances, there are three vitally important parts to this story that you’ve likely never heard before.

Part #1: Getting a flu shot during those first critical three months, known as the first trimester, wasn’t always recommended. In fact, going back to 1997, women were told not to get that shot until at least the start of their fourth month. Suddenly, however, in 2004, for no apparent reason (other than to increase flu shot sales), that advice went out the window, and we were told it was safe at any time during a pregnancy.

Part #2: Another big change took place in 2009, when the H1N1 (swine flu) virus got added to the shot. And that’s where things really get interesting. Despite the fact that CDC officials continued to promote the flu shot during all stages of pregnancy, they were actually very concerned behind closed doors — and they were the ones who requested this just-released study be done.

And although public health officials have known about the study findings
— an increased rate of miscarriage (mostly during the first trimester) in moms-to-be who got flu shots between 2010 and 2012 — they’ve been sitting on that information for years now!

Part #3: Quietly, back in the spring, the CDC made plans to replacethe H1N1 portion of the seasonal flu shot that was linked to the miscarriages — which had been included since 2009 — with a new H1N1 strain. And, get this! The CDC is currently funding a second study to look at the (now deleted) H1N1 virus component and its link to miscarriages.

Could it be that they found a bigger connection, and that’s why it was removed?

And what about this brand new H1N1 strain that will be in this year’s shot? Could it be even more dangerous to unborn babies?

Well, going on how long it takes for timely and crucial information to be released, we should be hearing back on that sometime around 2027.

It’s obvious we’re not being told the whole story. And even when health officials let some of it slip, they try to cover their tracks right away.

What we do know for sure is that there’s absolutely no way anyone can say with certainty that giving a flu shot to a pregnant woman is safe for her or her baby.

And anyone who attempts to tell you otherwise is simply fudging the facts for their own gain.