Ann Epidemiol October 2010 PMID 20816312

Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine.

Chris Reiber, Eric C Shattuck, Sean Fiore, Pauline Alperin, Vanessa Davis, Janice Moore

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The overall sentiment demonstrates curiosity and support for the idea that infections can alter human social behaviors, with examples like references to studies on influenza and COVID-19, and commentary about evolutionary advantages and societal impacts. The tone ranges from analytical to speculative, reflecting genuine interest and recognition of potential significance.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions reference the idea that human social behavior changes in response to infections or vaccines, showing moderate support for the article's findings.

InterestHigh interest

Participants are highly interested, as they explore the implications of social behavior in disease spread, citing related studies and personal observations.

EngagementModerate engagement

There is a moderate level of deep engagement, with users discussing mechanisms, evolutionary aspects, and potential implications, though some comments are more speculative.

ImpactModerate impact

The conversations suggest that these findings could influence understanding of disease transmission and behavioral science, though they are primarily exploratory rather than definitive.

Abstract in brief

  • The study investigated whether exposure to the flu virus causes people to change their social behavior before showing any symptoms, based on evidence from animal studies and evolutionary theory.
  • Results showed that people interacted with more individuals and larger groups immediately after exposure, within 48 hours, indicating a proactive behavioral response to infection.
  • These findings suggest that humans may alter their social behaviors early in infection, which could have important implications for understanding how diseases spread and for developing better prevention strategies.

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covid is oncogenic
@chaitrovert · X

@postexertional @marxwasalesbian I had heard about this before covid, but about the flu https://t.co/lWo8FnWsGZ

Aug 21, 2025 · 29 likes · 2 shares · 4,687 followers View post →
Bea is Chronically Persisting✨
@Be_Kinderr · X

It does make you think about the pandemic, and people behaving socially when it was not in their best interest to do so. Link to study: https://t.co/Q4ojgrsh09

Oct 7, 2021 · 26 likes · 2 shares · 9,798 followers View post →
Luis Zaman
@LuisZaman · X

@duffy_ma Anything about behavior modification but one I always found awesome was the flu‘s affects on us! https://t.co/5Vdn78quOz

Jul 2, 2020 · 7 likes · 3,274 followers View post →
Ewan Colman
@ewancolman · X

@ahandvanish https://t.co/FOukH5XEK7

Sep 12, 2021 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 424 followers View post →
忍者と五時道
@inferist · X

このへん (https://t.co/Dl7zZHocuJ) のこと言ってんのかな? ちょっとストーリーテリングにし過ぎと思いますね (´._.`) https://t.co/28WLL1gDo5

Apr 26, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 1,739 followers View post →
stevoland
@stevoland1 · X

@stevenkovar @shinboson They followed up at 4 weeks and sociability was lower than pre shot so conclude the "knowledge effect" is not responsible. Not sure that's solid myself. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.014 https://t.co/JsqoJXrjHx

Aug 27, 2024 · 5 likes · 39 followers View post →

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chrysalisamidst
@chrysalisamidst · X

RT @chaitrovert: @postexertional @marxwasalesbian I had heard about this before covid, but about the flu https://t.co/lWo8FnWsGZ

Aug 22, 2025 · 2 shares · 2,219 followers View post →
covid is oncogenic
@chaitrovert · X

@postexertional @marxwasalesbian I had heard about this before covid, but about the flu https://t.co/lWo8FnWsGZ

Aug 21, 2025 · 29 likes · 2 shares · 4,687 followers View post →
神保町刑事
@jinbochodeka · X

RT @SuzanneK23: Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine - ScienceDirect インフルワクチン接種前2日間と比べて接種後2日間は社会的行動が増加したという2010…

Apr 28, 2025 · 1 share · 340 followers View post →
スーザン小林(本物)
@SuzanneK23 · X

Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine - ScienceDirect インフルワクチン接種前2日間と比べて接種後2日間は社会的行動が増加したという2010年の研究。所属機関がサブスクしてれば全文読める。私は読んでない。 https://t.co/Xe88OZHctI

Apr 28, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share · 2,478 followers View post →
tyltyl 
@mytyltyltyl · X

有料 Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine https://t.co/pAEfFi7N5n / インフル抗原暴露(ワクチン) 接種前後48時間比較 社交機会 変化なし(19.5→22; p=0.31) 接触者数 2倍(54→101) 参加者は意識せず https://t.co/hJiN35AyfA

Apr 27, 2025 · 283 followers View post →
忍者と五時道
@inferist · X

このへん (https://t.co/Dl7zZHocuJ) のこと言ってんのかな? ちょっとストーリーテリングにし過ぎと思いますね (´._.`) https://t.co/28WLL1gDo5

Apr 26, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 1,739 followers View post →
サキノハカ
@sakino_haka · X

Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine https://t.co/lEABm3LeCD インフルに都合の良い乗り物扱いされるニンゲンだ~

Apr 25, 2025 · 3 likes · 4,032 followers View post →
Robert Gusnowski
@RGusnowski · X

This is from 2014 https://t.co/jXqt1A8cBG

Apr 20, 2025 · 4,000 followers View post →
Guavette
@gulfmextay · X

@Paracelsus1092 @NickLongrich https://t.co/HEAbxiAA6s

Jan 30, 2025 · 297 followers View post →
63n37
@63n37 · X

@suteno117 https://t.co/1R9eFU6uFM

Dec 4, 2024 · 1 like · 123 followers View post →
Ohad
@ohadsamet · X

@theganenet את צוחקת, אבל יש מחקרים שטוענים שהדבקה בוירוס משנה התנהגות וגורמת לנדבק להיות יותר חברותי https://t.co/EbBnBX9yQa

Oct 25, 2024 · 4 likes · 5,591 followers View post →
Theo Black
@theodorekblack · X

reminds me of a study where pre-symptomic, people exposed to the flu become more sociable than before infection. the flu has literally evolved to make you expose other people. per the quoted thread, it makes you shoot way more lasers into the cheese. https://t.co/H0iytKAaX9

Oct 12, 2024 · 285 followers View post →
Quinn Comendant
@com.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Bluesky

Humans exposed to the influenza virus tend to socialize more afterwards. Add this to the list of ways parasites manipulate behavior to boost their spread to more hosts. https://dacemirror.sci-hub.st/journal-article/404ca35693df2651826b60c0499a2722/reiber2010.pdf #science #research

Oct 4, 2024 · 1 share View post →
Gregory Jones MD
@GjPsych · X

@NTFabiano https://t.co/TmNZX9E4Y1

Sep 20, 2024 · 1 like · 81 followers View post →
Stephen Wild
@stephenjwild · X

@RexDouglass If you want some fun this was floating around here a couple weeks ago: https://t.co/IieAFVsf9S

Sep 7, 2024 · 1 like · 1,899 followers View post →
Big Poppy
@M_DiPaola · X

@JoyceCarolOates Do you find that you are interacting more socially since the shots? https://t.co/JR8hrbbBRg

Aug 29, 2024 · 716 followers View post →
stevoland
@stevoland1 · X

@stevenkovar @shinboson They followed up at 4 weeks and sociability was lower than pre shot so conclude the "knowledge effect" is not responsible. Not sure that's solid myself. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.014 https://t.co/JsqoJXrjHx

Aug 27, 2024 · 5 likes · 39 followers View post →
isaacs
@izs · X

Today in "evolution fuckin hates us", humans become more instinctively social and craving of human contact right before a cold causes symptoms. We laugh at the cordyceps ant climbing grass to be eaten, but we are just as surely piloted by the microbiome. https://t.co/8TOp1Vbbsg

Aug 27, 2024 · 3 likes · 23,553 followers View post →
Peter Voshol
@Peter_Voshol · X

RT @CartlandDavid: Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine - PubMed https://t.co/vtLvdgtsGl

Aug 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,893 followers View post →
Caz08
@Caz087 · X

RT @CartlandDavid: Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine - PubMed https://t.co/vtLvdgtsGl

Aug 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 959 followers View post →
Dr Dave Cartland BMedSc MBChB Ex-MRCGP
@CartlandDavid · X

Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine - PubMed https://t.co/vtLvdgtsGl

Aug 27, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 308,398 followers View post →
KTheMan
@MaskedHottiee · X

@04pistons1 @lyluancake https://t.co/bLhuMx3yL0 I meant to send this one! But it doesn’t really matter, bc idk the mechanisms and this isn’t proof. Yes, that is my theory. It would be super advantageous evolutionarily if this was the case

Mar 21, 2024 · 16,418 followers View post →
Frank Armstrong
@frankarmstrong2 · X

Fascinating 2010 study showing participants in a study become more sociable before the onset of symptoms after exposure to an influenza virus It's crazy that a non-cellular organism has this effect! Does exposure to #COVID19 have the same effect? https://t.co/BOKSDMJdLl

Aug 14, 2023 · 1,675 followers View post →
d_getmoney
@keepit100dav · X

https://t.co/e5CknngKcC

Jun 11, 2022 · 179 followers View post →
d_getmoney
@keepit100dav · X

https://t.co/e5CknmZ9l4

May 13, 2022 · 179 followers View post →
hex_init
@hex_init · X

@yaneerbaryam I'm wondering if the social mechanisms in the brain affected by the flu, could also be a driving factor in COVID on top of the misinformation? This is the article in reference to the flu: https://t.co/E5OPgpaBCO Not sure if this has been looked into?

Apr 15, 2022 · 2,087 followers View post →
hex_init
@hex_init · X

@_mbdr_ @FT Unrelated, but I'm wondering if the mechanism of action found in the flu that drives social interaction as spoken about in this journal: https://t.co/E5OPgprEEO Could perhaps also be a driving factor in spread?

Apr 15, 2022 · 2,087 followers View post →
hex_init
@hex_init · X

@DrEricDing @DrEricDing Do you feel the social mechanism of action in this journal about the flu, could also be something worth investigating regarding COVID? https://t.co/E5OPgpaBCO

Apr 15, 2022 · 2,087 followers View post →
Putrino Lab
@PutrinoLab · X

@PhyllisG123 @maosbot https://t.co/1YHv5i2fjj

Oct 28, 2021 · 2 likes · 36,252 followers View post →
(((Liz Ditz))). Mask up, y'all. Viruses are real.
@lizditz · X

RT @Be_Kinderr: It does make you think about the pandemic, and people behaving socially when it was not in their best interest to do so.…

Oct 8, 2021 · 2 shares · 10,459 followers View post →
sparkling irony
@sgeekfemale · X

RT @Be_Kinderr: It does make you think about the pandemic, and people behaving socially when it was not in their best interest to do so.…

Oct 8, 2021 · 2 shares · 408 followers View post →
Bea is Chronically Persisting✨
@Be_Kinderr · X

It does make you think about the pandemic, and people behaving socially when it was not in their best interest to do so. Link to study: https://t.co/Q4ojgrsh09

Oct 7, 2021 · 26 likes · 2 shares · 9,798 followers View post →
Massato Hirai
@MassatoHirai · X

RT @ewancolman: @ahandvanish https://t.co/FOukH5XEK7

Sep 13, 2021 · 2 shares · 104 followers View post →
The Ghost of the Bernie Movement.
@TheWordofDon · X

RT @ewancolman: @ahandvanish https://t.co/FOukH5XEK7

Sep 13, 2021 · 2 shares · 1,165 followers View post →
Ewan Colman
@ewancolman · X

@ahandvanish https://t.co/FOukH5XEK7

Sep 12, 2021 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 424 followers View post →
Martin Adams | Building Flowtelic
@Martin_Adams · X

@WarrenWhitlock While I can’t remember how I heard it originally, looks like I also didn’t make it up

Jun 13, 2021 · 1 like · 4,614 followers View post →
Dr Sophia Frentz
@SophiaFrentz · X

@benjaminchapman I read this and immediately thought of https://t.co/CVK8s7sOSa

Sep 10, 2020 · 1 like · 1,849 followers View post →
Stephen
@smcginnessuk · X

@holland_tom Faint evidence of flu changing behaviour Reiber, C., E.C. Shattuck, S. Fiore, V. David, P. van Goozen, and J. Moore. 2010. Change in human social behavior in response to a common vaccine. Annals of Epidemiology 20(10): 729-733. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.014

Aug 13, 2020 · 80 followers View post →
Shauna Rasband
@Concealocanth · X

@jamesthefrancis actually, i think there's some research re: this and influenza, done using the vaccine as proxy. https://t.co/e8fgv6M4Af

Jul 12, 2020 · 1 like · 206 followers View post →
Luis Zaman
@LuisZaman · X

@duffy_ma Anything about behavior modification but one I always found awesome was the flu‘s affects on us! https://t.co/5Vdn78quOz

Jul 2, 2020 · 7 likes · 3,274 followers View post →
Melissa Webster
@melissactweets · X

@HighWireTalk https://t.co/Ot1wlJIuRK

May 17, 2019 · 3,151 followers View post →
Melissa Webster
@melissactweets · X

@Charbrevolution https://t.co/Ot1wlJIuRK

May 16, 2019 · 3,151 followers View post →
Melissa Webster
@melissactweets · X

@Charbrevolution @ShannanVelayas @DrPanMD @CMAdocs @VaccinateCal @AmerAcadPeds @UCLA Thought This was interesting.. https://t.co/Ot1wlJIuRK

May 16, 2019 · 3,151 followers View post →
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