Want to start a spirited debate among friends? Find out who's pro-flu shot and who's anti-flu shot, split them up into teams, then sit back and watch the show! You know what I'm talking about: There are people who swear by the flu shot and others who think it's poison, and never the twain shall meet. Or so it seemed, until this year.
That's because this year, the flu shot is falling short. Big time. While the vaccine is usually between 50% and 70% effective, this season's shot worked for only 56 percent of people who got it -- AND "it largely failed to protect the elderly against an especially deadly strain circulating during flu season."
And that's not all. While the flu shot's side effects are largely downplayed, there's a significant amount of data suggesting the vaccine may do more harm than good.
Here's the deal: All vaccines work by suppressing your immune system, which can take months to return to normal. In the meantime, possible dangers include:
1. Depression of immune and brain function caused by lab-altered vaccine viruses and neurotoxins present in vaccines such as heavy metals.
2. Autoimmunity triggered by foreign DNA/RNA from animal tissues.
3. Chronic illness due to altered t-cell function.
- 4. Allergies caused by the introduction of large foreign protein molecules into your body that have not been properly broken down by your digestive tract. Yeah, I think I'll pass.
Did you get the flu shot this year and still get sick?
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1. Depression of immune function is exactly what will not happen. Unless your immune system is horribly dysfunctional, the introduction of any foreign substances sends it into attack mode. In viruses like HIV, the immune cells are infiltrated. Without T-cells, you lose the quickest and most effective means of defense, since all that remains are B-cells. Since the latter works via antibodies that take time to create, they are slower, which allows opportunistic infections and cancer to set in. If you can prove that there is a higher occurrence of these things in vaccinated vs unvaccinated people, then you might have a case. So far, nothing has been found. As for the heavy metals, if you are concerned, try preservative-free vaccines. That will remove some of the heavy metals. However, if you're trying to keep heavy metals out of your child completely, be sure to ban them from eating most fish, using deodorant, fountain drinks (cadmium in the pipes), and going to grandma's (lead paint and pipes).
3. See above. Simply presenting the dead viral protein does not chronically affect t-cell function. To date, I've never seen any paper suggesting that the other components of the vaccine impair T-cell function, since, again, opportunistic infections would occur very frequently. The flu vaccine does not give even mild AIDS symptoms.
If you choose not to vaccinate and accept the condequences, that is your right as a parent. However, whatever information you put out there, please try and make sure it's not fear-mongering. Using big, scary words you don't understand doesn't help anybody make an informed decision for their families.
I never get the shot.
Fear mongering and spreading false information....Jacqueline, I hope you don't consider yourself to be any sort of journalist.
This information is outright false.