[ExI] There's already a vaccine for heart disease!

[Adrian Tymes]

Did they control for factors like lesser ability to get a vaccine, for
reasons that correlate to lower access to health care in general?

On Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 7:09 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> *The following is from the December 17, 2025 issue of the journal Nature: *
>
> *"A study of 9,000 adults found that those who received the flu shot were
> 34% less likely to experience serious cardiovascular events in the next
> year than were those who did not receive the vaccine.  For people with
> recent cardiac issues, the benefits were even more pronounced, with a 45%
> lower risk of a serious event.[...] Clinicians should make it clear that
> for individuals who are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, the flu
> vaccine isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ — it’s a clinical necessity."*
>
> *There's already a vaccine for heart disease*
> <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03598-0?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=82ce72787e-nature-briefing-daily-20251218&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-50169436>
>
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> lxg
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