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Annual vaccination against influenza hampers development of virus-specific CD8+ T cell immunity in children
Infection with seasonal influenza A viruses induces immunity to potentially pandemic influenza A viruses of other subtypes (heterosubtypic immunity). …annual influenza vaccination …hampers the development of virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses.
Annual flu shots may lower cross-protection
…long-term annual vaccination using inactivated vaccines may hamper the induction of cross-reactive CD8+ T cell responses by natural infections and thus may affect the induction of heterosubtypic immunity. This may render young children that have not been previously infected with an influenza virus more susceptible to infection with a pandemic influenza virus of a novel subtype.
Originally posted by marg6043
Still the flu season propaganda is in full gear in my neck of the woods, our local channel is doing a great job, you can get your vaccine almost everywhere including drive in, stick your arm out of the window and get your vaccine while you driving thru.
i wonder if there is a way to strengthen your antibodies then. they say that this prevents children from strengthening their immune system naturally, but is there a way to have the opposite effect? ...have we ever really tried to figure out how to make our antibodies stronger?
it just seems if you can harm the ability to do this, you should be able to supercharge it too
Originally posted by soficrow
reply to post by Venomilk
The trick is NOT to avoid exposure, nor to totally prevent infection - but to limit it - our bodies need to be exposed to disease-causing pathogens, just not overwhelmed by them.