I remember the last flu shot I had, I'll never forget it.  The year was 1978 and I was in the Air Force...you have no choice about vaccines.  I had had a reaction the previous year, but they didn't feel it warranted being called an "allergy" so they forced me to take it again.  This time, within hours I had 105 fever and the arm I had received the shot in was swollen to the size of my thigh.  I had no use of that arm for several days and it was weeks before all the swelling was gone and I had full use of my arm.   That was the 2nd time I was hospitalized for a vaccine reaction (typhoid vaccine nearly killed me too).  Since then docs have insisted it's changed and I won't get a reaction and I need to take it blah blah blah, but I refuse.  I do get the flu about once a year often followed by pneumonia, but this year will be my first with a healthy lifestyle, so maybe I'll be blessed like Samurai and not catch it.

In 50 years I have NEVER had a flu shot and never had the flu:!

Hmmmm, pure coincidence, or healthy lifestyle choices?

Uncle Russ

Russ - Its probably a combination of healthy lifestyle choices and good genes. My mother never had a dose of the flu in her life. I was set to follow in her footsteps so to speak and I never had the flu until I was in my early 30's. The change came when my employer moved the location of our work premises. Unbeknown to me the air conditioning system was bringing in air pollution from the local busy road. It was at a low enough level that mostly it was not noticeable but on windy days you could often smell diesel fumes and at night the smoke from wood burning heaters. The job also required shifts and on-call work that meant my ability to get a good night's sleep was often compromised. This combination lead to me often getting the flu (and also developing Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) to the point that the damage is such that the last cold I had laid me low for 6 weeks. However now that I am out of that environment I am back to the situation where I do not catch colds very easily again and I have not had the flu at all.

I have never had a flu shot and never will.

Today there was announcement of a successful test against the Bird Flu. Tamiflu is a joke imo.

I keep their product on my shelf for any type of infection.

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Absolutely smclark7. A healthy immune system will assure that the attacker cells go out when needed. One can do many things to boost immunity...too numerous to adequately cover. It is however just as dangerous to drive immunity into hyperimmunity. Thus the importance of eating nutritiously, adequate rest, exercise and proper supplementation for replacement of nutrients which perhaps may be lost through stress, poor dietary protocols, adrenal insufficiency due to various fators etc., are all beneficial ways to assure immunity enhancement and support. In other words many things/procedures/ways, which Dr. Mercola and many of you often share and talk about right here.

It is not better living through chemistry, but better living through biochemical enhancement for the physiological,psychological and spiritual benefit of our well being....the body as a whole.  

Thank you for your thought provoking posting.

Blessings

Dr. Trudy  

Exactly.  This is why the study is "contraversial."  They continue to recommend it even tho they know it doesn't help (& often causes problems).  But it is contraversial to quit something that has become "standard preventive medical care."