Big Pharma spends millions upon millions in fearmongering the elderly into taking their yearly flu vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control is complicit in backing up big pharma. Millions of elderly Americans roll up their sleeves for a flu shot, trusting that public health agencies like the CDC and NIH are steering them right. Yet according to their own data, flu deaths among the elderly continue to rise—even as vaccination rates hit record highs. A recently published 2025 NIH and CDC-supported study confirms a troubling trend: despite increased flu vaccination coverage, the death rate from influenza in people over 65 has not declined. In fact, it continues to climb.
The same agencies urging widespread vaccination now acknowledge, albeit quietly, that the flu shot may not be delivering the protection it promises—especially for the elderly. The seasonal flu vaccine long has lbeen marketed as a lifesaver, particularly for high-risk populations. But repeated peer-reviewed studies—including those published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and a 2025 preprint from medRxiv—cast doubt on that claim. The evidence shows that flu shots often do not prevent infection, nor do they prevent flu-related deaths in the populations most encouraged to take them. This raises a serious question: If the vaccine isn’t effective at preventing illness or death, why is it still being pushed so aggressively? Isn’t this the same question we have after countless studies about the COVID 19 shots?
The answer may lie in the uncomfortable intersection of public health and profit. The pharmaceutical industry earns billions from annual flu shot production. And agencies like the CDC and NIH—many of whose advisory members have financial ties to vaccine manufacturers—continue to double down on these annual campaigns despite underwhelming results. Even some mainstream media is slowly acknowledging what critics have pointed out for years. A recent viral post by Wide Awake Media highlighted CDC admissions that the flu shot doesn’t stop transmission and may only “reduce severity of symptoms.” Worse, there appears to be a correlation between rising flu vaccination rates among seniors and increasing flu mortality in that same group. That doesn’t prove causation, but it certainly calls for pause and honest evaluation.
Yet each fall, the same message gets louder: “Get your flu shot—it could save your life.” What’s being left out is just as important: “…but it probably won’t prevent you from getting the flu or dying from it.” It’s time we stop letting fear drive health decisions. Americans—especially the elderly—deserve transparency. Make personal health decisions based off of informed choice, not pressure campaigns. There is wisdom in evaluating every medical decision prayerfully and practically. As Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1”7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” That means asking hard questions, even when the answers challenge the status quo. So before you line up for another annual jab, consider the data—not just the fear-based sales pitch. Anything less is, say it with me…Stupidocrisy.
Sources:
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1926572833041252603
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9305032/
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7406a2.htm
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321421v3
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321421v3
