the radio on friday seemed saturated with ever-more desperate pleas for people to run out and get vaccinated against the flu. “if you haven’t already, do it NOW!”
why the sudden push? well, aside from the normal realization that, once again the big pharmaceutical companies have produced too much vaccine and now must dump it somewhere (i.e. into your bloodstream) or face a loss of profits as the excess vaccine goes to waste, i think there may be other factors at play.
granted, i am not a doctor or a medical researcher, and that just might make me even more qualified to think straight about why things happen, because i don’t have an agenda to peddle or a tightly controlled group of peers who will censor me and censure me if i deviate from their party line…
according to the CDC, this year’s flu outbreak is hitting earlier than in past years and in more states than in past years. people they interviewed on the radio complained of suffering horrible bouts of flu that lasted from 5-7 days, when i know that the flu used to be a 2-3 day thing. so what’s up?
could it have anything to do with the fact that THEY ARE INJECTING THE FLU INTO PEOPLE???????
uh, duh.
when you introduce a live virus into a population, do you really wonder that it hits earlier when you are the ones who introduce it earlier?
when you mix up combinations that don’t occur naturally, are you surprised that these new combinations are more brutal and more virulent than the ones that occur spontaneously? if you put multiple strains together into one vaccine and create a super-virus, and then inject that into someone who then carries it around in the population, is it a big shocker that this new mutation is way worse than a straight flu that people used to get and shake off after 24 or 48 hours?
it’s in more states than past years? how surprisinging, since every chain store from groceries to pharmacies to clinics offer flu shots. i’m frankly surprised you can’t get a flu shot at your local laundromat, but that just might be next. maybe in seattle they’ll start offering flu shots with your coffee shots; that just might be a winning combination- multiple drugs before your eyes are even fully open… but, truly, i believe that many people who are getting flu shots don’t have their eyes fully open anyway…
now, if you’ve had a flu shot, please don’t feel attacked. there are many reasons you may have done this, and i’m not here to judge you- i’m only here to judge the CDC and major pharmaceutical companies…
seriously, medicine and technology have their places, and honestly you need to make the decisions that are the right ones for you and your family.
all i’m saying is that if you do or if you don’t, please let it be a decision.
don’t go marching lockstep just because someone tells you to or because they play scary commercials on the radio. i don’t watch TV, but i imagine there is a similar advertising blitz there…
if you decide you need this shot, then go and get it. do your own research and do your own thinking. don’t be a victim of someone else’s agenda.
be your own advertisement for your own brain.
YES!
Jan 05, 2013 @ 22:47:11
Agree fully with you. I firmly believe there’s a corporate conspiracy out there pushing the flu vaccine and everyone i know who’s had it has gotten sick. I’ve not had a single shot for anything in over 25 years and i’ve not been sick in all that time with anything worse than an over night cold. You’ve nailed it on the head. I think the CDC and the pharmas are all cooking up plots to keep us scared and controlled.
Jan 05, 2013 @ 22:51:54
I was never one to get vaccines but since lately I am looking after my 85 year old father, I have been getting the shots, just so I wouldn’t get him sick. The VA (Veterans) system gives them for free to me.
Been doing this for 3 years now and am always reminded of when I was about 10 years old (1965) and parents drove us kids to some hanger in the Seattle Harbor where they were giving out polio vaccine, one drop per sugar cube.
I was standing in line and pondering if this was a good idea or a bad idea. I seem to recall they were using live vaccine at the time. A little bit won’t hurt you, right? Makes you stronger, they said.
I searched my conscience, which is our connection to this mysterious Force we call God and decided it would be OK.
When I entered the USAF at age 19 they shot us up with who knows what but it was a lot of stuff. No ill effects. They were using air guns, which of course are not sanitary.
Got my flu shot last week (just to protect my dad, if I was living alone I wouldn’t do it) and no ill effects.
Can I credit the Viking genes, which I have proven can withstand any outrageous abuse? Is The Force with me? The Force has always been with me. Otherwise I would be dead or in prison
So I am not afraid of the shots, but that’s just me.
I did, however, when my 3d son was born, severely limited his shots to the bare minimum because I was married to a nurse (was…) and kids should not be subjected to snake venom and monkey puss they put in those shots. He was the healthiest kid ever. The Force is with him too, he’s 26 now.
Jan 05, 2013 @ 23:43:24
we”ve been through some of this before talking “bout vaccines for kids (i”m against it), i believe that in most cases the naturally acquired disease is preferable to vaccination… simply bcoz i feed my folks really good food, lots of fresh organic greens, fruits with anti-oxidant flavanoids & other equally good stuff. HOWEVER, if i were to go to north brazil, i would get a yellow fever shot, bcoz death is a real possibility with this disease (and i figure that”s worse than the disconfort of the vaccine). So, circumstances, your personal health, environmetal factors & such should definiately be considered in any informed decision.
Jan 06, 2013 @ 02:21:36
I, too. like Grant, started getting the flu shot a couple of years ago because I am physical contact frequent with my increasingly frail, octogenarian mother and all the other elders in the Assisted Living home where they all live. The upside of this type of community living home is the skilled care, assistance and social contact. The downside is that when bugs hit, they spread *fast*. I decided that I didn’t want to be a receiver or a contributor, if possible…and since my insurance covers the shot, why risk it?
The only other time in my life I got the shots is when I was working at SeaTac International airport in the late 1990′s and had contact with a gazillion people and germs a day, it made sense then, as well, to lower the risk. But it *is* a case-by case decision and like you say, should be thought out, which I did and do, and at other times of my life I have not opted to get the shot when I felt it wasn’t necessary.
That all being said, I do, also, wonder if maybe mutations are occurring faster because of the rise- in my airport days, you had to get the shot from your doctor and they’d only give it if they felt you were in a high-risk category.
Jan 06, 2013 @ 13:32:32
My only stance on specifically the Flu shot is this one. I have -NEVER- in my life ever gotten the flu and I’ve -NEVER- gotten a Flu shot. My partner who normally get the Flu shot.. after he gets it generally winds up ill for at least 3 days not long after getting it. …and one year spent a whole week in bed after getting one. Also a number of friends who got Flu shots have all wound up sick after having gotten one. So that tells me personally that I should -NOT- get one.
I personally think that we are over doing medication, vaccines, and antibacterial everything. What happens a few generations down when illnesses … (even a fever) is a death sentence? We have immune systems for a reason , and they were designed to fight “the battle” with disease. I’ve had more luck with chronic illnesses using herbal remedies than pills.
Jan 06, 2013 @ 14:43:31
yes- building up your system to handle invaders in always preferable- but in some cases you are absolutely correct that vaccines are a good idea. when i lived in israel i got vaccinated for hepatitis, since it was all around us and it was spreading like wildfire… when my sister, who lives in san diego (near the border with mexico) asked me what i thought about her vaccinating her kids against certain illnesses that i felt they were very likely to be exposed to, i told her to go straightaway and get them the shots (although i thought she should space them out more than the doctors usually do)- even though my kids in detroit never got those same shots. like i said, it’s all about making informed decisions…
Jan 06, 2013 @ 14:44:39
glad to hear you and your dad are both doing well
Jan 06, 2013 @ 14:45:25
sad thing is how well it works, huh?
Jan 06, 2013 @ 14:47:04
isn’t it crazy how fast they’ve widened the net? i totally forgot that they started out being so selective in who they would give the shot to, but you are completely right! humph…
Jan 06, 2013 @ 14:49:19
true points and very interesting- perhaps the seed of a new post for me… thanks for the comment!
Jan 07, 2013 @ 03:37:18
I know…and though it’s more accessible and convenient to get the flu shot at a Walgreen’s or wherever, it *still* feels *really weird* to get an injection in a pharmacy….five feet away from the candy aisle!