Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Pediatric Flu Shots Are a Complete FAILURE
The blanket “safe and effective” vaccine narrative continues to collapse.
This article originally appeared on Focal Points and was republished with permission.
Guest post by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Study of an ENTIRE Spanish region (~400,000 people) found NO reduction in flu cases or hospitalizations after mass flu shot rollout to children 6 months to 5 years old.
A new peer-reviewed study evaluating the rollout of mass pediatric flu vaccination across an entire Spanish health region (~400,000 people) found NO statistically significant reduction in flu cases or hospitalizations after authorities expanded flu shots to children 6 months to 5 years old.
Researchers analyzed 6,804 primary care influenza diagnoses and 3,252 influenza-related hospitalizations between 2018 and 2025, comparing seasons before and after the pediatric flu shot program began in 2023.
Despite the rollout, the study’s more rigorous interrupted time series analysis found no measurable reduction in influenza diagnoses or hospital admissions among the target age groups (0–2 and 2–4 years).
In plain English: the flu shots did not meaningfully lower flu rates in young children. Kids under 5 were no less likely to show up at the doctor with the flu or end up hospitalized than expected after the rollout. In other words, the program failed to produce a measurable real-world benefit in the exact age group it was designed to protect.
Notably, researchers also looked across all age groups in the region to see whether vaccinating young children indirectly protected the broader community. Again, they found no statistically significant reduction in flu-related hospitalizations or meaningful population-level benefit following rollout.
The study ultimately concluded that routine pediatric influenza vaccination “has not been associated with a reduction in influenza cases in primary care or hospital settings.”
These results are not surprising given that the Cleveland Clinic recently found that flu shots were associated with a 27% higher risk of flu among healthcare workers during the 2024–2025 season.
The blanket “safe and effective” vaccine narrative continues to collapse.
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No flu jabs for the kiddos. They shouldn't suffer the side effects in order to obtain zero efficacy.
I think the elderly would also benefit from fewer injections of poorly defined biological materials.