I am not getting the vaccine because I want to get the flu. I don’t usually get more than a twinge of flu, but I seem to make everyone around me sick every year.

I live, commute and work in Chicago, and we’ve turned the city(and the planet) into a sewer. There are just too darned many of us to sustain ourselves, and something has to be done.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a flight to catch.

The more aggressively we vaccinate against the swine flu we have now; the fewer chances the virus will have to mutate. I agree with you that there is a significant threat from a mutated virus, but the best way to prevent that is to fight the virus already out there as much as we can. And using drugs and vaccines to fight H1N1 won’t necessarily lead to a more virulent mutation, because all the selective pressure on the virus will be to mutate towards something that resist tamiflu/vaccination. I think our efforts make sense from every angle.

Em, we “sheep” are being herded by our superior thinking skills, not our blind trust in the medical establishment. Flu causes 35,000 deaths in a typical season in the US, and this season it looks like the number of infections will be much higher, meaning more people will die. Also, swine H1N1 is showing a propensity to infect young people at a rate much higher than seasonal flu. We are in favor of vaccination because we don’t like being sick for a week, and because we don’t want to be another link in the chain of infection that could lead to the death of a susceptible person.

You are not a maverick, Em, millions of Americans think exactly like you do, which is a big problem.

I seriously doubt this has anything to do with economic collapse. People are just concerned because of the possibility of this flu to become truly horrible. It’s new, it can still become deadly. That’s exactly what happened with the Spanish flu.

but I agree with Em. Wash your hands.

I’m not saying this is the answer for everything and everyone. For those people who have a weaker immune system it could very well be beneficial to get vaccines. However, I don’t think everyone needs to rush out and get every new treatment the moment it comes out because “someone with a medical degree said it helps”. People really need to think for themselves and not turn into this paranoid flock of sheep that is so easily herded by everyone “above” them. Just my opinion.

But now that the USA is facing economic collapse, all citizens must queue up for their mandatory and inadequately tested “treatment”. I’m sure this is merely a coincidence.

Egg protein! [Gasp] Gelatin and sugar! [Egads] A mercury compound not linked to any health problem at the relevant concentration despite many epidemiogical studies! [The Horror!]

What bridge are you guys crawling out from under?

Swine Flu Shot consists of (courtesy of Dr. Russel Blaylock’s website)

•Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses
•Gelatin: known to cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually
•associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin
•Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™): can cause severe allergic reactions,
•including anaphylaxis
•Formaldehyde: known carcinogen
•Triton X100: a strong detergent
•Sucrose: table sugar
•Resin: known to cause allergic reactions
•Gentamycin: an antibiotic
•Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose vials

The government is not hyping the risk of the current pandemic H1N1 strain. It’s accurately reporting that the morbidity and mortality are similar to seasonal flu. You’re probably getting your information from disreputable sites that misprepresent mainstream science in order to create a strawman. However, since most people have no prior immunity to this strain there are going to be many more infections, and that means there will be many more deaths from flu this season assuming people don’t get vaccinated.

Vitamin C megadosing and chicken soup do not have efficacy against the flu. Congratulations on never having gotten a flu shot in your life, I applaud your efforts to remain a source of infection for vulnerable members of our society.

Nick, That site has the mortality rate for seasonal flu at 9.4%. That is absurdly high, it’s actually 0.1%.

As you can see, the seasonal flu is about 20 times more likely to kill a person.

Swine flu is NOT as bad as the media/govt wants you to think. Most any person with a relatively-good immune system can overcome it without any problem. Bed rest/chicken soup/vitamin C anyone?

I know I won’t be getting this “vaccine”. Never had a flu shot my entire life.