Dr. David Brownstein, M.D
Dr. David Brownstein,  editor of Dr. David Brownstein’s Natural Way to Health newsletter, is a board-certified family physician and one of the nation’s foremost practitioners of holistic medicine. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and others about his success with natural hormones and nutritional therapies in his practice. His books include Drugs That Don’t Work and Natural Therapies That Do!; Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It; Salt Your Way To Health; The Miracle of Natural Hormones; Overcoming Arthritis, Overcoming Thyroid Disorders; The Guide to a Gluten-Free Diet; and The Guide to Healthy Eating. He is the medical director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Mich., where he lives with his wife, Allison, and their teenage daughters, Hailey and Jessica.

Tags: flu vaccine | pregnancy | birth defects | dr. brownstein
OPINION

Flu Vaccine Warnings

David Brownstein, M.D. By Tuesday, 13 June 2023 04:30 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

There are issues with the flu vaccine. For one, it is recommended for pregnant women despite the fact that there has yet to be a single, randomized, placebo-controlled study showing that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.

Researchers did, however, study whether there was a link between women who received a flu vaccine and risk of miscarriages. Pregnant women vaccinated in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 flu seasons had twice the risk of miscarriage within 28 days of receiving the vaccine. And compared to women who did not receive a flu shot during their pregnancy, there was 7.7 times higher risk of miscarriage in women who received the H1N1 flu vaccine in the prior season.

Other studies have found adverse effects from the flu vaccine being given to pregnant women, including an increased risk of birth defects.

Vaccines work by initiating an inflammatory response in the body. That is what stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies against an antigen.

When I was trained in obstetrics, I was taught not to prescribe any therapy (or at least to err on the side of caution) to a pregnant woman if there was a chance of adverse effects on either the mother or the fetus.

The last thing anyone should be doing to a pregnant woman is intentionally stimulating inflammation in her body.

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There are issues with the flu vaccine. For one, it is recommended for pregnant women despite the fact that there has yet to be a single, randomized, placebo-controlled study showing that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.
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