He now joins a long list of high-profile celebrities like J.K. Rowling and Angelina Jolie who have been making the rounds warning the public about the deadly danger of the flu vaccine. In April this year, J.K. Rowling made headlines after she wrote a viral op-ed for the British newspaper The Guardian about her children’s vaccine side effects. “And so to the flu. As many of you know, I have never been a great fan of the flu vaccine. I am not a scientist and I have always felt that it risks creating a new disease that could have serious implications for those who were vaccinated, as it could interfere with their body’s natural ability to mount a response. However, despite my doubts, I did read a bit of research on it. In particular, I read a paper published by Dr. Peter Dosh, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) last year,” the “Harry Potter” author wrote. Dr. Dosh said that “the findings of the paper raised serious questions about the safety and efficacy of the flu vaccine in children.” “In short, they suggest that the evidence we have about the effects of the vaccine on children’s health is inadequate, and our safety studies do not provide the level of reassurance that is needed. I cannot help but wonder how many people are unnecessarily exposed to the risk of the flu and who will ultimately pay for this inexcusable oversight,” he wrote. Dr. Dosh made it clear that he does not recommend any change in policy for the flu vaccine, and believes that the current findings regarding the safety of the vaccine will be “hugely influential in the policy.” J.K. Rowling is not the only celebrity who has not been happy with the way the flu vaccine is produced and promoted. The same month that J.K. Rowling wrote her article in the BMJ, the mother of former One Direction singer Liam Payne expressed her outrage on Twitter. “I don’t get Flu Shots, I have a healthy immune system, and I’ve been asked multiple times if I’m going to get it I’m too busy to get it and my son will get sick for Christ's sake. They need to promote Flu Shots in every shop like Paradox or whatever else,” wrote Danielle Payne. I don't get Flu Shots, I have a healthy immune system, and I've been asked multiple times if I'm going to get it I'm too busy to get it and my son will get sick for Christ's sake. They require promoting Flu Shots in every shop like Paradox or whatever else pic.twitter.com/keQnO91CX1 — DANI (@DANIlouphalanx) April 21, 2017, Coca-Cola also made headlines when the company’s chief executive officer confirmed that he would not be getting a flu vaccine. Instead of getting a flu shot, Coke CEO Guitar Kent said he made his own “handful” of flu shots in his home “at times” because he has “a lot of confidence” in vaccines as a way of preventing illness. “Just because the flu shot may or may not be a perfect match to the strains that are out, I still don’t think it is the best way to go about prevention. There are certain strains that go into every year’s flu shot, so for me personally, I personally prefer to make my own,” Kent said. “My belief is that flu vaccines are in a much better place than they’ve ever been in the past. But there is still some room for improvement,” he added. “Sometimes, in terms of flu vaccines, the shots are made in two different ways, they’re made in eggs and then the eggs are killed, which is done to decrease the risk of a pandemic.”
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