Comments on: I am not an anti-vaccine nut…

By: Steynian 394 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 394 « Free Canuckistan! — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:34:51 +0000

[...] ~ ITEM: But I will not be getting either the H1N1 jab, or the regular flu shot [...]

By: MooseandSquirrel

MooseandSquirrel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:52:52 +0000

I agree that people who are caring for others — especially others who’s immune systems may be compromised (like with cancer) — should get the flu shot.

By: Josephine

Josephine — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:21 +0000

I agree that the flu shots should be optional.

I starting getting the flu shot after I had pneumonia and while I was my mother’s main helper during her three years of cancer (and cancer treatments). At some point along the way, the government started recommending the shots for everyone as a public health measure.

I’ll get the “special” shot this year, too, and hope to God nothing goes wrong.

By: Honey Pot

Honey Pot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:15 +0000

The decision to get it , was not easy for me. I like you have a distrust of pharmaceutical big business, and big government . I have been jumping up and down, demanding my boys get it. I am a mother, and there is no such thing as choice for children to a mother. No matter how old the child is. I can’t very well guilt them and make them get it, and me not get it.

By: MooseandSquirrel

MooseandSquirrel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:45 +0000

I guess I worry that all that sounds like a conspiracy theory, and I’ve never thought much of those. Still, Big Pharma does stand to make oodles of money off this “pandemic” don’t they?

I can’t see mandatory vaccination working. Are they going to round us up and strap us down to vaccinate us? They’ll have to, because I wouldn’t submit willingly even if I was told it’s mandatory. Let them quarantine me, but I won’t take the flu shot.

And, if I get the flu and die…well, you can all use me as an example for the wrong choice. But, as an adult, I should still be able to choose, IMO.

By: MooseandSquirrel

MooseandSquirrel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:09 +0000

Absolutely — and I am prepared to live with my choice. If I’ve made the wrong one, well, so be it. It’s still my choice.

I know someone — my age — who is a permanent resident at Parkwood thanks to getting the flu shot (the regular one). He was only 40, in great health, when he decided (based on all the hype) that he should get a flu shot. Three days after receiving the vaccine, he was found on the floor of his apartment unconscious; today he’s permanently paralyzed and has great difficulty even speaking — Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Yes, I know, GBS is extremely rare. But I’d rather be dead than be one of those rare cases.

My only beef with is with someone who tells me that I should get the flu shot because I’m putting others at risk. That’s nonsense — if you get the flu shot, then you’re protected from the flu, so I can’t possibly be a danger to you. And if someone’s health is so fragile that they can’t get the flu shot, then they shouldn’t even be going out in public.

Wow — Walmart sells coffins? That’s good to know.

By: Honey Pot

Honey Pot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:02:37 +0000

It should be a choice. Everyone must weigh the pros and cons of it. I look at it as it has killed people. Healthy young people. That is telling me it is a nasty one. I don’t think you can stop virus from mutating. They are powerful bitches. I do believe viruses to be mother earth’s population control mechanism. It is our duty as humans to fight mother earth, control her. It is called evolution. If there is a medicine, a medical procedure out there that can beat the bitch into the ground, I will be signing up for it. If it were leprosy, everyone would be getting the shot. It is still a choice, and they now sell coffins at Walmart, rollback prices. Everyone should be prepared to live with their choice.

By: Iain G. Foulds

Iain G. Foulds — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:19:13 +0000

… In the beginning, the pharmaceutical companies knew that the vaccines would cause the virus to mutate into more dangerous strains. They knew that this would create the demand for more of their products.
… They knew that they had the doctors, media, and government in their pocket, and that mandatory vaccination would be inevitable.

By: MooseandSquirrel

MooseandSquirrel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:50:29 +0000

Sorry, but I was out much of the day and unable to moderate comments until now. Moderation can be a drag, but I had to revert back to it when some creep spammed me with several disturbing and ugly messages.

By: MooseandSquirrel

MooseandSquirrel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:48:02 +0000

Dr. Roy, how do you know for certain we’re all getting the same shot? In Germany, it just happened to be leaked to the press that there’s a different vaccine going to the general population than what the government/military is getting. I find that disturbing. And I didn’t find their explanation very satisfactory.

Why can’t we get the vaccine without the adjuvant? The one without has fewer side effects. At the very least, I hope pregnant women are given that one.

I’m going to have to pass on the vaccine and take my chances. I just don’t have confidence in it. If I had children or elderly people in my care, I’d likely rethink things.