Jeremy Faust debunks viral claims of negative effectiveness in Cleveland Clinic report. In a video originally published on Inside Medicine, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust takes aim at a widely circulated Cleveland Clinic preprint on flu vaccine effectiveness — one that was touted on Fox News as proof that this year’s flu shot made people more likely to get sick. Faust explains why the study is methodologically unsound, highlights overlooked biases like susceptible depletion, and makes the case for better public understanding of basic epidemiology.
Flawed Flu Vaccine Study Sparks Misinformation Storm
- Published Apr 15, 2025