id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-030853-3yryw3r2 Vashishtha, Vipin M. Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and the Heightened Risk of Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Virus Infections: Fact or Fiction? 2020-06-09 .txt text/plain 984 62 32 title: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and the Heightened Risk of Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Virus Infections: Fact or Fiction? During this ongoing severe acute respiratory illness coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, few speculative reports on significant association of influenza vaccines with an increased risk of coronavirus infection appeared both in media and academic circles. That is, vaccinated individuals may be at increased risk for other respiratory viruses because they do not receive the non-specific immunity associated with natural infection [5, 6] . In a study of 115 children [6] , a significantly increased risk of virologically confirmed non-influenza respiratory virus infections was found to be associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine. The contentious issue of higher risk of non-influenza respiratory viruses to influenza vaccinated individuals has gained traction during the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which is also a coronavirus infection. Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine ./cache/cord-030853-3yryw3r2.txt ./txt/cord-030853-3yryw3r2.txt