flu shot?

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Do You get the flu shot?

  1. yes

    53 vote(s)
    48.2%
  2. no

    57 vote(s)
    51.8%
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  1. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

  2. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    I always believe the government, they never lie:grin:
     
  3. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    If the body's own immune system was all that great without assistance, there would have been no historical smallpox, yellow fever or polio epidemics. Those diseases were wiped out in the United States only by the use of vaccines. Two of those vaccine programs were mandatory which is the main reason those diseases were eradicated.
     
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  4. crazychevy

    crazychevy Gold Level Contributor

  5. crazychevy

    crazychevy Gold Level Contributor

    Nobody wiped them out they are on the rise again just with new names:eek2: The reason We live longer has more to do with the fact that we refrigerate are food and bathe more than bimonthly.:Dou:
     
  6. jpete

    jpete Well-Known Member

    Small pox is like chicken pox. If you get it and survive, you don't get it again. If both your parents were exposed, you have some built in immunity. That's why Europeans so easily spread it to all the natives they encountered. There was no natural immunity.

    While there is a yellow fever vaccine, it isn't routinely given so I'm not sure it can be given credit for eradicating the disease.

    Polio is the same way. Getting it, and allowing your body to deal with it prevents you from ever getting it.

    http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/timelines/polio

    Vaccines in general, despite the "herd immunity" rally cry, make the population weaker, not stronger. The only thing vaccines do is force you to keep taking vaccines. Big Pharma are drug pushers in suits after all.
     
  7. buicksstage1

    buicksstage1 Well-Known Member

    Do you really think the government is going to admit to screwing up? They are pushing vaccines for the rich friends.

    Google "vaccines linked to autoimmune disease lawsuits" and then tell me its all good.
    https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourcei...linked+to+autoimmune+disease+lawsuits&spell=1

    You are playing Russian roulette.
     
  8. buicksstage1

    buicksstage1 Well-Known Member

  9. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    We all hate to disappoint all the government conspiracy theorists, but these conclusions are based on private studies generally made by the best medical institutions internationally. The CDC publishes advisories based on those private studies.
     
  10. buicksstage1

    buicksstage1 Well-Known Member

    Really Jim? Here is one statement from the very first link I posted "The documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) detail 26 new deaths reported to the government following HPV vaccination between September 1, 2010 and September 15, 2011. That's 26 reported deaths of young, previously healthy, girls after Gardasil vaccination in just one year."

    Surely all those people can't be lying. They report what they want to record and report. No one wants to lose money on there investments and going to court. There sure is conspiracy's. Way too many people screwing with Nature that don't really know Jack about it. It boils down to power, politic's and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
     
  11. Mister T

    Mister T Just truckin' around

    I'm glad you edited your original post to specify America. I would have replied with how many Europeans lived in total squalor just a couple of centuries ago with open sewers running along the streets where they resided. That alone, in and of itself, would (and did) generate plenty of opportunity for diseases and viruses to flourish. Couple this with both deplorable living conditions and sanitation, and the situation becomes exacerbated exponentially.

    All throughout history, humankind has faced many diseases, viruses and other afflictions. Some consider this to be simply sorting out the weak from the strong, as well as allowing survivors to build immunity for the future. Crude, but very effective for many millennia. Then science and our insatiable appetite for *improving* ourselves happens along, and upsets the natural selection.

    I do have childhood memories of mandatory vaccinations for polio and one or two other diseases during my elementary school days when those afflictions were more common. It is very simple for a government to obtain a high percentage of vaccine compliance by manipulating the populace into believing they would not survive any sort of pandemic with all their faculties intact.

    Now who remembers Thalidomide?? http://www.thalidomide.ca/the-canadian-tragedy/

    It was not a vaccine per se, rather a "wonder drug" to assist pregnant women with morning sickness. Unfortunately, Canada was about the last country to ban its use. Just another example of how poorly some pharmaceuticals are vetted for human consumption.

    Interestingly enough though, Thalidomide has found a potential new use as a cancer fighting drug. One wonders if the original research and testing was rushed to get the drug to market for its original purpose.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

    Nevertheless, I consider this subject to reside within the "third rail" of hot button topics. It has generated elevated emotional responses from both sides. I can respect yours, and the other pro opinions, as long as there is reciprocity for mine. :TU: Neither one of us will change the others opinion.

    Let's keep this discussion civil folks. :beers2:
     
  12. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    shingles vaccine 51% effective
    I just saw on a news program.

    And, I found this on a google search;
    http://www.immunize.org/askexperts/experts_zos.asp

    51% reduction and less severe when shingles did occur.

    to me that means;
    49% of vaccine recipients got shingles .


    And that brings a question to my mind;
    How many of the 51% receiving the vaccine that didn't get shingles, would have not gotten shingles without the vaccine?

    in other words, shingles vaccine vs. no shingles vaccine,
    the difference in chances of getting shingles is almost immeasurable...
     
  13. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Shingles is one of those diseases that you may never get. If you ever had chickenpox as a child, the virus is already in your body. It is dormant in the nerve cells near your spine. For some reason, doctors aren't really sure why, in some people, the virus migrates to the skin surface, and the result is a red blotchy rash that can develop into blisters. For some people, it is brutal, the pain is very severe. For others, not so much. I got shingles I guess about 8 years ago. For me, it was no worse than a minor sunburn, and I recovered very quickly. I've not talked to my doctor about the vaccine. Unless he brings it up, I won't. Same for the pneumonia vaccine. I don't agree with anyone who maligns all vaccines though. To each his own.
     
  14. buicksstage1

    buicksstage1 Well-Known Member

    And you hit the nail right on the head. There is plenty of scientific support that says this exactly. Its not that those 51% came in contact and the vaccine worked, all 51% might have NEVER came in contact. BUT someone got paid for 100% of those vaccine shots. That is why they want to sell vaccines to EVERYONE instead of a med that is given at point of illness. WAY more money to be made, not to mention screwing with the human body in ways that should never never happen. They are bypassing lab rats etc and going straight to us.
     
  15. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    Absolutely.
    There was a time when I thought I needed to persuade all to go along with me.
    I don't think that way anymore.
     
  16. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Funny, I got chicken pox when I was 16. Didn't know what the heck it was. I called my brother (who was 24 at the time) for a ride to the Dr. He had never had it either. When the Dr diagnosed me, he said "boy, if I didn't have it as a kid, I wouldn't be in the same room with you!". My brother happened to be standing in the room for whatever reason, and I heard this thud. My brother's knees gave out and he hit the wall:grin: Left me there and made me walk home! He wound up getting it shortly aftereward. Hes still mad at me for that! :Dou:
     
  17. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    An interesting thing about these types of trials is;
    The participants not only get the vaccine (or placebo) for free, they get paid to participate.

    Several years ago, I had chronic bronchitis. On three different occasions, my doctor had me participate in an anti-biotic trial.
    Each trial, I got meds for free and $200 for participating. I never knew if I got the placebo or the real stuff...

    Later, my doctor diagnosed the bronchitis as a symptom of systemic gout. With the gout treatment, no more bronchitis.
    Bronchitis; ain't nobody got time for that!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE8wjGXGRnc

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  18. kick71

    kick71 Mike

    There is a ton of new found money in being a cultist, pseudoscience anti-vaccine pusher, don't kid yourself. So many of them do their "google" search and now they are an expert and push it all over "google". Thats not science.
    i prefer to read research of folks trained in endocrinology, virology or immunology and have a vetted research background. Thats the beauty of science when done by real professionals in a peer to peer review fashion real answers are found its not usually on "google"
     
  19. buicksstage1

    buicksstage1 Well-Known Member

    :laugh: By chance is your profession related to this topic? Judging by your statement it must be. Talk about pushing your beliefs.........
     
  20. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    The Doctor I heard on TV was encouraging folks to be immunized.
    The website I posted a link to, is a pro-immunization organization.
    Each of them were touting a 51% success rate for shingles vaccine as a reason to get immunized against shingles.

    A vaccine with a 51% success rate. I'm just as well off not getting the shot ( IF, I was so inclined...)

    And, your post brings a question to my mind; Where do those of us that do not have peers in those groups get our information?
     
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