It’s flu “season” again. Why will some of us “catch” it and others not. Over one hundred years ago Dr. D.D. Palmer wondered that same thing as he marveled at the medical approaches that were developing around him. Doctors were injecting foreign organisms into people to promote immune function. The result then as now was that you cannot trick the body into becoming healthier with serums and potions. In fact introducing foreign bodies into our own body may actually make us sicker.
So hopefully that answers the questions as where the flu vaccine enters our discussion. Let’s look at some of the data and in an effort to not bore you I will choose only one sampling of the thousands of studies that scientifically prove this point. I will give you the data on vaccinating children.
Do Flu Shots Work in children?
In a review of more than 51 studies involving more than 294,000 children it was found there was “no evidence that injecting children 6-24 months of age with a flu shot was any more effective than placebo. (Reference: Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2 (2008).)
What’s in the Vaccine?
· 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™), which can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis
· Formaldehyde: a 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
“But the News has stories of people getting hosiptalized from the flu?”
The actual death rates from any flu including the current swine flu are very low.
To read more information:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/19/The-Truth-about-the-Flu-Shot.aspx
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