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Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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231 points cachecrab | 2 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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wonderwonder ◴[27 Jun 22 20:20 UTC] No.31900239[source]▶
Never gotten the flu vaccine before. Biggest fear in life is alzheimers. Guess I will get the flu vaccine annually going forward.
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1. loeg ◴[27 Jun 22 20:51 UTC] No.31900622[source]▶
Worth getting anyway -- the flu is pretty miserable.
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2. AuryGlenz ◴[28 Jun 22 06:12 UTC] No.31904650[source]▶
Sure, but I believe for every 70 years you take the flu vaccine you’ll prevent yourself from getting the flu once. It will probably lessen the severity of the flu the other time or two you get it, though.

Frankly, Alzheimer’s prevention makes it seem a hell of a lot more worthwhile to those that are young and healthy.