Ivan

No. This is a misunderstanding of how influenza vaccines work, mixed with a bit of conspiracy theatre. First, 25% effectiveness does not mean the vaccine only works 25% of the time. That’s not how vaccine effectiveness is measured. It means that vaccinated people had about a 25% lower risk of getting medically attended influenza compared with unvaccinated people during that season. In other words, it still prevented a substantial number of infections. Second, influenza viruses mutate constantly. Some years the circulating strains match the vaccine well and effectiveness can be 50–60% or higher. Other years the match is poorer and effectiveness drops. That’s a known biological reality of influenza evolution, not evidence of a conspiracy. Third, and this is the part people conveniently ignore, the flu vaccine’s most important benefit is reducing severe disease, hospitalisation, and death, even in years with modest effectiveness. Studies repeatedly show vaccinated people are far less likely to end up in ICU or die from influenza. Fourth, the “vaccine cartel making billions” claim collapses the moment you look at the numbers. Vaccines account for a small fraction of pharmaceutical revenue compared with chronic disease drugs. If the industry wanted maximum profit, preventing disease would actually be the worst business model imaginable. Finally, calling for arrests because a seasonal vaccine didn’t perfectly match a rapidly mutating virus shows a profound misunderstanding of basic virology and epidemiology. Influenza vaccines are updated every year precisely because the virus evolves. That’s not fraud. That’s science responding to biology in real time.