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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Yes, we know the swine flu was infecting young, healthy people, but they were not dying in mass numbers from it. To them, H1N1 was "no more harmful" than a regular seasonal flu. To compare swine flu to the spanish flu is a little off base....
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none of the flu vaccinations are meant to greatly decrease mortality rates as they are inherently low and would make it very difficult (if not impossible) to obtain a statistically significant decrease in mortality. however, the big benefit is to decrease morbidity, which as you know is a completely different matter.
as for the vitamin d versus anti-virals study, there is a big difference between primary prevention and treatment. comparing vitamin d with vaccines in any context is completely irrelevant unless vitamin d is found to produce antibodies that are specific to common flu strains.