Flu jabs ‘protects against some severe Covid effects’, scientists discover
FLU jabs could slash the risk of developing severe Covid by 60 per cent, scientists have discovered.
Half of them, in the first group, had got the flu jab between two weeks and six months before a Covid diagnosis, while those in the second group had not been vaccinated against flu. They were also up to 58 per cent more likely to visit the Emergency Department, develop sepsis , have a stroke and a DVT blood clot .
The researchers believe the flu jab may boost people’s innate immune response - the first line of defence against bugs.
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