Dr. Mercola October 09 2007 38,786 views
A yearly flu vaccine has not been proven to prevent flu-related deaths in people over the age of 65, according to a review in the Lancet medical journal.Nonetheless, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the flu shot for this purpose, citing research about the 36,000 yearly deaths and 200,000 annual hospitalizations for flu-related illness in the United States.No studies have conclusively proven that flu shots prevent flu-related deaths among the elderly, according to the review, and some of the support for this practice is based on flawed data.While some studies have shown a benefit for flu shots in younger adults, only a small number of trials included people over the age of 70 -- even though about 75 percent of flu-related deaths occur among that age group.There is also evidence, according to the researchers, that the flu vaccines are less effective in older people because the elderly have lower immune activity.Flu shots do not always prevent infection with the flu, though they can make the illness less serious.The Lancet Infectious Diseases October 2007, Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages 658-666
Medical News Today September 25, 2007
Reuters September 24, 2007
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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My mother had a flu shot once. Only once. She also had severe plurisy within a week, ill ill ill. Go figure.
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