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Flu numbers rise while vaccine rates remain low, overwhelming hospitals (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A lot of people doing their own research

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They all argue that the last time they got the flu vaccine, they still got the flu.

What they fail to admit is that the vaccine resulted in only mild effects of the flu and the combination of the vaccine and a healthy immune system kept them out of hospital (or worse).

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Pretty much; classic, textbook Dunning-Kruger Effect in action.