Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends receiving a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at the same time, calling it “safe,” other studies from the agency suggest otherwise.
The CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) system “detected an elevated risk” of stroke in those 65 and older whose vaccines were coadministered.
The agency later pulled a press release that discussed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine stroke risks.
Researchers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also found risks of “non-hemorrhagic stroke” 22-42 days after a Pfizer-flu vaccine combination.
They also discovered a “transient ischemic attack” risk 1-21 days after the Moderna-flu inoculation combination for those 65 and older.
Findings from the CDC and FDA were presented to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices by Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the agency’s Immunization Safety Office.
“Available data do not provide clear and consistent evidence of a safety problem for ischemic stroke with bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines when given alone or given simultaneously with influenza vaccines, or when influenza vaccine is given alone,” Shimabukuro said in the presentation.
“Any real or theoretical risks of vaccine adverse events need to be placed in the context of the known benefits of COVID-19 and influenza vaccination in preventing COVID-19 and influenza disease and their potentially serious complications, including stroke,” he added.
Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons told Just the News, “There are many clear safety signals for the Covid vaccine,” noting, “which historically would have gotten the product immediately withdrawn from the market.”
In an email, Orient said, “When you give two things at once, you can never tell which one caused an adverse effect, and often the combo is worse.”
