“Your chances of getting the flu after a vaccination are only decreased by 1 to 2 per cent”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Professor Del Mar's claim is misleading. The source of Professor Del Mar's claim is a systematic review of studies measuring the efficacy of flu vaccine in preventing the flu in healthy adults. That review found the flu vaccine decreased the rate of flu infection from 2.3 per cent to 0.9 per cent in healthy adults. Experts contacted by Fact Check said while this showed an absolute drop in the infection of 1.4 percentage points, using these numbers to talk about effectiveness was misleading. P...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Chris Del Mar (Professor of Public Health at Bond University) made this claim around 5 June 2018. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 5 July 2018, 30 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- 3aw.com.auhttps://www.3aw.com.au/medical-expert-says-australians-better-off-beating-the-flu-with-ma…
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.