Claim: Nasal flu vaccines being rolled out at the same time as strep A infections have risen means there is a link.
Fact-check: Instagram post wrongly links nasal flu vaccines to strep A outbreak - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no evidence to suggest the nasal flu vaccine causes strep a, and previous years' vaccination programmes have run over the same period without outbreaks occurring.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00