Flu Shot Recipients as Vectors for Spread of Influenza?

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Infectious Virus in Exhaled Breath of Symptomatic Seasonal Influenza Cases from a College Community:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/01/17/1716561115

My Commentary: Hmmm… A 630% increase in aerosol viral shedding among those vaccinated for flu, versus those not vaccinated? Seems like those individuals receiving the flu shot become vectors for the spreading of influenza…

“…we observed 6.3 (95% CI 1.9–21.5) times more aerosol shedding among cases with vaccination in the current and previous season compared with having no vaccination in those two seasons.”

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