Dr. Mercola October 23 2007 65,902 views
Why do people get flu shots? Because they believe the advice of their doctors and health agencies who recommend the vaccines for most everyone, young and old. Yet, many people are not aware of the real facts behind flu shots -- and their potential ineffectiveness, side effects, and harmful additives.While it’s possible to find some positive data about flu shots, there is a significant amount of data from both mainstream medical journals and alternative media sources that question flu shots’ usefulness and efficacy. For instance:
My mother passed on at age 93 of heart failure...at home. She had one flu shot about 10 years previously and had the worse case of flu ever. She swore off and never again.
As for me....I took the vaccine for 3 consecutive years along with the pneumonia vaccine. I developed a very embarassing neurological tic and can't overcome it. After much searching and going back to my first tuberculin test at age 15, which was positive and I spent 9 months in a sanatarium back in 1950. A positive tb germ was never found even after a stomach pump. Again in 1989 I had the tb skin test and again my arm nearly came off. I was x-rayed and tested and told never to take the test again as I was allergic to it. I searched and studied and found that I am allergic to thimerasol or Mercury and they are in the flu shot. Long article, but it needs to be said. 9 months out of my prime teen years in a sanitarium because of an allergy and no one picked up on it. Added interest, when my daughter was 6 the schools gave them the skin test and didn't ask permission. She also had a severe reaction and I was told absolutely no future skin tests for her. What they didn't tell me was that Thimerasol/Mercury were the culprits in the serum.
To look up exactly what is in each vaccine (i.e., aluminum, formaldehyde, mercury, cow blood and skin, monkey kidney tissue, rodent blood, etc), take a look at the U.S. government's web site. Here are 2 VERY interesting links. Take some time to educate yourself:
www.cdc.gov/.../excipient-table-1.pdf
www.cdc.gov/.../excipient-table-2.pdf
I agree with Dr. Mercola's suggestions and follow some additional ones found on naturalpureorganics.com/totalhealth.htm
I think I'd like to increase my chances of getting Alzheimer's. I'll take a couple rounds of that flu tonic please.
www.angelfire.com/.../flu_shots_and_flu_vaccines.html
I'm 55 years old, and only had one flu shot about 20 yrs ago. I caught the flu!
I just can't believe all these people who run out to get their flu shot! Big NO THANKS for me and my family!!!
I have a 4 year old little boy who was given the FluMist vaccine just 2 weeks ago. He had a severe allergic reaction with flu symptoms and horrible hives. He was so miserable for 3 days and nights with hives from his scalp down to his toes. His entire body was swollen, whelped and blood red! I cried for hours the first night because nothing I tried worked to give him any relief. He vomited and ran fever along with the hives. It really scared me! Even his pediatrician was horrified when he saw him. He said he was going to file an "adverse reaction" report and I'm making sure he follows thru. He put my son on Prednisolone which has a mile long list of side effects. One of the side effects is bone pain and on the 3rd day of taking this "drug" he developed horrible aches in his knees, fingers and feet. I immediately took him off the drug and visited our local health food store. What I received from this store helped him more than anything else. I urge other moms to strongly consider the possible allergic reaction which we were never told about. He isn't allergic to eggs which is asked prior to administering the FluMist. So, the reaction came from something else which we will never find out because we'll never do it again!!! I've had a terrible guilty conscious since putting my son through this. I just hope and pray that nothing else pops up later in his life from this vaccine. Maybe this comment will help other moms make the smart decision before taking this risk with their childrens' health.
Flumist is a LIVE VIRUS! Never give your children a live virus especially at 4 years old. Your doctor should be ashamed of himself. I would never go back to that doctor, EVER no matter how nice he has been in the past.
This is whats's in FluMist. It says no preservatives, but it has MSG in it which is a neurotoxin! (Read Russell Blaylock's Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills)
It probably passed through the blood brain barrier in your child.
"Each pre-filled refrigerated FluMist sprayer contains a single 0.2 mL dose. Each 0.2 mL dose contains 106.5-7.5 FFU of live attenuated influenza virus reassortants of each of the three strains: A/Solomon Islands/3/2006 (H1N1), A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2), and B/Malaysia/2506/2004 [1].
Each 0.2 mL dose also contains 0.188 mg/dose monosodium glutamate, 2.00 mg/dose hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, 2.42 mg/dose arginine, 13.68 mg/dose sucrose, 2.26 mg/dose dibasic potassium phosphate, 0.96 mg/dose monosodium phosphate, and < 0.015 mcg/mL gentamicin sulfate. FluMist contains no preservatives."
We use elderberry concentrate--it has been shown to prevent flu and/or lessen symptoms. Of course, diet, excercise and hand washing are good ideas too! I also make a spray with essential oils that are known to be ant-bacterial and anti-viral.