Food for thought

[Michaelaw]

Some info on the Swine Flu Vaccine you may want to consider before getting a jab!


LINK

[kat]

There is a lot of talk about this. My friends two children just got the Swine Flu.. I won't be getting it for myself or my kids but sometimes wonder if this is wise....

[Bambi]

I understand that everyone should be able to make decisions, but where does it end when it directly impacts on the health of others?

this clip lost me when it linked Autism as being caused by vaccines. This statement makes me furious! Not only is there no evidence that vaccines cause autism, there is direct evidence that it does not!

Vaccines save lives. Diseases do not. I will be getting the swine flu vaccine, so will my kids.

[Michaelaw]

One of the hotels I do shows in has hand sanitizing machines everywhere you look, literally, you can't walk more than 30' in any given direction without bumping into one. My apartment building has one by the elevator doors on every floor. The research I've done online seems to conclude that Swine flu is no more of a problem than regular seasonal flu. There are reports and sworn testimonies that it is a lab created disease, doctors and journalists laying charges against the WHO, US Government and many other high rollers. The charges claim mass murder, genocide....It's a tough nut to get an accurate handle on. Media generated panic to up the profits of drug companies? I won't be touching the stuff but that's an easy call to make as I am just making it for me..... I just don't know :cry-an:

[Greg_Nuspel]

I think the main people behind the swine flue hype are all the people making huge profits by it. Pharmaceutical companies aren't making the vaccine for free, and the people who make the supplies like hand cleaners, masks, and needles must be loving the boom in business. High risk people it may be important, but I think healthy people will most likely get ill, but survive. I've even heard those of us that are older most likely have some antibodies for it just from the exposure of various flues for the last 50 years. That is what happened during the Spanish flue. I think it is for everyone to make their own decision as there is hype from both sides.

[Bambi]

I agree with the hype. we are dealing with it here too. There are those whom it hits hard: the young, elderly and immune compromised. It's also been documented to be bad for pregnant women I work in health care so will defintely get the vaccine to prevent me passing it to others.

I watch a documentary once that showed that Doctors' were the worst culprits in passing germs as they don't wash their hands between patients!!


but the whole autism - vaccine thing drives me nutty.

[Michaelaw]

I agree with the hype. we are dealing with it here too. There are those whom it hits hard: the young, elderly and immune compromised. It's also been documented to be bad for pregnant women I work in health care so will defintely get the vaccine to prevent me passing it to others.

I watch a documentary once that showed that Doctors' were the worst culprits in passing germs as they don't wash their hands between patients!!


but the whole autism - vaccine thing drives me nutty.

Interesting Bambi. I'd never heard of the link between autism and vaccination before but find myself intrigued now, enough to start a little research and data base building. Do you by chance have any links that refute this claim from a scientific perspective because that would sure help me in my quest to weed out the nutbars on this topic.

Cheers

[casil403]

I got one...only because I was on placement at the hospital and they had a clinic set up in the unit I was posted to. If not, no way would I have standed in line 3+ hours for it! I think the media has totally contirbuted to the hype and the government has done a really lousy job of setting this up properly for people that choose to get one.
I might also add that I grew up with a brother that had a compromised immune system and basically getting a cold or flu could have killed him. My sister brother and I grew up with getting flu shots every year in the 70's and we turned out okay.

When it comes to medicine, you are your own best advocate in health care so I think people need to weigh all the options for themselves, their families and determine what is best for them ultimately. I think too that when it comes to big topics everyone has an opinion and ultimately not everyone will agree with everybody elses.
That's my
Love the clip there too Greg!