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The Covid-19 pandemic is not over and neither are attempts to push conspiracy theories about ... [+] Covid-19 vaccines. (Photo by: Rob Welham/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A film entitled Died Suddenly premiered Monday on Twitter and, spoiler alert, it wasnt a rom-com. But that doesnt mean that the film didnt have a whole lot of fiction, even though a website bearing the movie trailer claimed that the film will present the truth about the greatest ongoing mass genocide in human history. This website also asserted that the global elite have broadcast their intentions to depopulate the world. And take a wild guess as to what this film claimed that these elite have been using to do their genociding and depopulating the world thing. Nickelback music? Low rise jeans? No, Covid-19 vaccines.
Yes, welcome to yet another conspiracy theory about Covid-19 vaccines. Actually, this conspiracy theory isnt completely new and has been sticking around for the past two years or so, kind of like gum on an Ugg boot. Its been one of a salad bar of anti-vaxxer claims that have emerged since late 2020, ranging from Covid-19 vaccines turning people into gigantic magnets where keys can stick to their foreheads to Covid-19 vaccines causing completely healthy people to drop dead. The title of this film is kind of like the movie titles Snakes on a Plane and Sausage Party in that it captures the story that the film is trying to tell. Died Suddenly spends much of its hour and eight minute run time suggesting that many people have been dying suddenly after getting Covid-19 vaccines.
Throughout the pandemic, many conspiracy theories have emerged about Covid-19 and Covid-19 ... [+] precautions such as vaccination. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Note the word suggesting rather than showing or proving. While the film shows headlines and stories of people dying suddenly, it never really provides much concrete scientific evidence linking Covid-19 vaccines to all these sudden deaths. It essentially just says oh look at all these sudden deaths over the past couple years and, oh. people, in general, have been getting Covid-19 vaccines. Never mind the fact that people have been dying suddenly ever since, oh, the beginning of human existence. Never mind the fact that over a million people in the U.S. and over 6.6 million around the world have died from, you know, Covid-19, since early 2020. Never mind the fact that these deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in excess mortality. Never mind the fact that people have been dying suddenly since Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Georgia) was elected to Congress when the film doesnt try to link these two sets of events in same way as it is trying to link vaccines with excess mortality.
In fact, the film shows images of people falling over who didnt actually end up dying, as Angela Rasmussen, PhD, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, indicated in the following tweet:
From Twitter
Hmmm, showing people that look like theyre keeling over when they really arent is a lot of innuendo in your end though, right?
The film presents a clot of innuendo as well. It shows pictures of what looks like blood clots yet never really confirms the true origins of them. To suggest that these were caused by Covid-19 vaccines as the film did would be kind of like showing pictures of mullets and then claiming that vaccines caused such hairstyles. In the film, a person blurred out did say in a distorted voice what sounded like, as a Canadian embalmer, I have found that everyone who I have embalmed for over a year had fibrous mass clots. However, you cant really tell who this person really is, because saying Canadian embalmer isnt quite the same as saying something like billionaire who bought Twitter. It doesnt really pinpoint who the person is. In fact, you cant really tell the identities of many of the people featured in the film since there is relatively little use of captions.
In general, the film is a mish-mosh of clips, audio bytes, interviews, and other things often taken completely out of context and cooked together like a gigantic conspiracy theory frittata. For example, early in the film, actor Tom Hanks can be seen on the Today Show talking about Malthusian Theory, which is the belief that the worlds population is growing at a rate far outpacing the growth of the food supply. This wouldnt be good news for anyone that has to eat and apparently provides the rationale for why the elite may want to depopulate the world, although the film didnt show Hanks going on to say something like, and that, kids, is why the world needs to be depopulated. Heck these days with some video editing software and a bunch of film clips that you could splice together you could make it look like anyone is saying anything like Bella Hadid or Jason Momoa telling you how sexy you are.
Many anonymous accounts on Twitter have been pushing this film, similar to how the anti-vaccination films Vaxxed and Plandemic were previously pushed on social media, as Alastair McAlpine, MD, a pediatric infectious diseases doctor, pointed out:
From Twitter
This may have been the reason the words Died Suddenly trended on Twitter on Monday:
From Twitter
A @DiedSuddenly_ Twitter account certainly has been promoting this film quite aggressively and single-mindedly. The @DiedSuddenly_ hasnt exactly been tweeting things like, look my cat is shedding on my keyboard again or look at this mouthwatering mac and cheese with bread crumbs on top #lifeiswonderful. And beginning at 6 pm Eastern Time on November 21, @DiedSuddenly_ tweet-posted the film. The account also has been pushing the words Died Suddenly on social media, even posting on Twitter: You did it folks! #DiedSuddenly trending #1 globally in entertainment. Purebloods rising, we shall change the world! Share the video with as many of your friends and family as you can. Its [sic] time to kill the [vaccine emoji] once and for all.
Who exactly is running this account? Well, the account is accompanied by a blue check mark, which must mean that Twitter verified it as a legitimate account, right? Well, either that or the owner of the account just happened to have a spare $8 to pay Twitter.
The film and its promotional materials does indicate that Stew Peters is behind the film. Is Peters a medical expert or some type of scientist? No, he was a bounty hunter before becoming a radio show host. He was also the person who said that National Insititute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci, MD, should be hanging by the end of a noose somewhere, during the 2022 America First Political Action Conference, which isnt exactly a nice thing to say about anyone:
From Twitter
Peters has had a history of making unfounded claims about Covid-19 policies and interventions. For example, Spotify bounced Peters show from their platform after he made some WTH statements about Covid-19 vaccines such as calling them a military bio-weapon that contains metallic parasites, as described by Zachary Petrizzo in a Daily Beast piece entitled Spotify Booted Far-Right Podcaster Stew Peters Over COVID Lies.
While the Covid-19 vaccines are not perfect and the scientific community and science journalists have reported on rare side effects when they have emerged, there is no real evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are being used as a military bio-weapon to depopulate the Earth or commit the greatest ongoing mass genocide in human history. In other words, dont expect to see much science suddenly in the film Died Suddenly.
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Every winter, the influenza virus causes epidemics of flu in communities throughout the country. This year may be especially burdensome due to the COVID-19 pandemic happening at the same time.
Flu is highly contagious. It causes hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths each year.
The influenza vaccine is available every year to help protect people from coming down with flu. But is it safe? And how important is it now that COVID-19 is a factor?
Read on to learn about the benefits and risks of the flu shot.
The flu vaccine is very safe, although there are some groups of people that shouldnt get it. They include:
A common worry is that the flu vaccine can give you the flu. This isnt possible.
The flu vaccine is made from an inactivated form of the influenza virus or virus components that cant cause infection. Some individuals do experience side effects that will typically go away in a day or so. These include:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), receiving the influenza vaccine is the most effective way to prevent yourself from becoming sick with the flu.
Its still possible to get the flu after vaccination. If you do get sick with the flu, your symptoms may be milder if you got the vaccination.
Influenza vaccination has been shown to lead to a lower risk of influenza-related complications or hospitalizations in some groups. They include:
When you protect yourself from the flu through vaccination, youre also protecting those who cant get vaccinated from catching the flu. This includes those who are too young to get vaccinated. This is called herd immunity and is very important.
Sometimes you can get the flu shot and still come down with the flu. It takes around 2 weeks after receiving the vaccination for your body to develop immunity. During this time, you can still get catch the flu.
Another reason why you can still catch the flu is if there wasnt a good vaccine match. Researchers need to decide which strains to include in the vaccine many months before flu season actually starts.
When theres not a good match between the selected strains and the strains that actually end up circulating during flu season, the vaccine isnt as effective.
Some people may have a negative reaction to the flu shot. If you have a negative reaction to the vaccine, symptoms usually occur within minutes to hours after receiving the vaccine. Symptoms may include:
If you experience these symptoms after getting the flu vaccine, see your doctor. If the reaction is severe, go to the emergency room.
Guillain-Barr syndrome is a rare condition where your immune system begins to attack your peripheral nerves. Its very rare, but influenza virus vaccination can trigger the condition.
If youve already had Guillain-Barr syndrome, speak to your doctor before getting vaccinated.
The influenza vaccine can be delivered as either an injection or as a nasal spray.
The flu shot can come in a variety of forms that protect against three or four influenza strains. Although no type of flu shot is recommended over others, you should speak to your doctor about which one is best for you.
The nasal spray contains a small dose of a live, but weakened form of the influenza virus.
The nasal spray wasnt recommended for the 2017 to 2018 influenza season due to concern for low levels of effectiveness. But either is recommended for the 2020 to 2021 season. This is because the formulation for the spray is now more effective.
The flu vaccine is needed every year for two reasons.
The first is that your bodys immune response to influenza decreases over time. Receiving the vaccine every year helps you have continued protection.
The second reason is that the influenza virus is constantly changing. This means that the viruses that were prevalent in the previous flu season may not be in the upcoming season.
The flu vaccine is updated every year to include protection against the influenza viruses most likely to circulate in the upcoming flu season. A seasonal flu shot is the most effective protection.
The CDC recommends that children over 6 months of age receive the flu vaccine. Children under 6 months old are too young to receive the vaccine.
Flu vaccine side effects in babies are similar to those in adults. They may include:
Some children between ages 6 months and 8 years may need two doses. Ask your childs doctor how many doses your child needs.
Pregnant women should get the flu vaccine every year. Changes in your immune system during pregnancy lead to an increased risk of severe illness or hospitalization due to influenza.
Both the CDC and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend pregnant women get the seasonal flu shot in any trimester of pregnancy.
Additionally, receiving the flu vaccine can help protect your baby. In the months after birth, if you breastfeed, you can pass anti-influenza antibodies to your baby through breast milk.
While the flu vaccine has had a strong safety record in pregnant women, a 2017 study did raise some safety concerns. Researchers found an association between miscarriage and flu vaccination in the preceding 28 days.
Its important to note that this study only included a small number of women. Additionally, the association was only statistically significant in women who had received a vaccine containing the pandemic H1N1 strain in the previous season.
While additional studies need to be completed to investigate this concern, both the CDC and the ACOG still strongly recommend that all pregnant women receive the flu vaccine.
Manufacturers typically begin shipping the flu vaccine in August. People are often encouraged to receive the vaccine as soon as its available.
However, a 2017 study found that protection begins to wane over time following vaccination. Since youll want to be protected throughout the entire flu season, you may not want to get your vaccine too early.
Most doctors recommend that everyone gets their flu vaccine by the end of October or before the virus begins to circulate in your community.
If you dont receive your vaccination by the end of October, it isnt too late. Getting vaccinated later can still provide protection against the influenza virus.
Every fall and winter, millions of people get the flu. Receiving the flu vaccine is a very effective way to prevent yourself and your family from developing the flu.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a factor since a person can acquire it and other respiratory infections like the flu at the same time. Getting the flu shot will help to decrease the dangers for everyone.
There are many benefits to influenza vaccination, as well as some associated risks. If you have questions or concerns about influenza vaccination, be sure to speak to your doctor about them.
