26 October 2018 - The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to scare people from getting the vaccine, but a causal relationship between the two is uncertain.
14 February 2018 - This claim is based on the incorrect interpretation of single quote from one nurse in Wisconsin who, for the record, recommends getting the shot.
The 38-year-old's death from complications of influenza became an internet cause célèbre after it was rumored that she couldn't afford lifesaving medication.
17 January 2018 - A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the flu epidemic to the flu shot.
15 January 2018 - Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective than normal as evidence that getting inoculated is worthless.
5 October 2015 - Reports that a teenage schoolgirl in Texas became pregnant through a flu vaccination are fake news.
4 October 2016 - Multiple fake news articles played on a fabricated story about a mother who sued a hospital claiming a flu shot had made her son gay.
No, the CDC did not issue a warning advising folks to avoid this year's flu shot.
