Just heard that the Canadians did a study showing people who got the regular flu shot are half as resistant to the H1N1. Whether getting both will cancel that out, have no idea. Cheers to everyone's health!

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> Who here plans on getting the new flu shot? Anybody convinced about the "dangers" of such vaccinations?

I got a flu shot for a few years there when the kids were growing into their immune systems and were sick all the time. Skipped it last year and probably will this year. I'm busy and there's no convenient place for me to get one or I would probably do it.

I think my kids have had 24 fever reactions from the shot, but I'm far from convinced of any dangers from the vaccinne. Vaccine phobia seems a bit kooky to me.

Anybody convinced about the "dangers" of such vaccinations?

Great question Hank and one I've been pondering myself. Convinced? No, definately not, but given the track history of vaccines(like the 1976 flu vaccine for one), I am a bit weary of it. I normally do get the regular flu shot but I don't think I'll get the H1N1 vaccine. I also think the tragic story of the 22 year olds death from it speaks more to the health care crisis in our country...not so much about the danger of getting vaccines(or not).

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I don't get any of the conspiracy theories over this at all. if big pharma is just trying to make a fast buck with this swine flu vaccine, then why release a vaccine that could possibly kill or cripple people? why not just release a placebo vaccine of sorts? a placebo would be cheaper for them to produce and have absolutely zero side effects resulting in bad press.

that said, I'm happy to see some discussion weighing both sides of this vaccine. the rest of the interweb seems to be full of extreme cranks declaring absolutes on both sides; which is in credibly frustrating to someone attempting some kind of critical thought.

I tend to get the yearly flu shot when and if I remember, and when and if I'm around a cheap or free shot. this year, the company I work for is providing it, so I will get one (as I have to young'uns at home, and I don't want to be 1) spreading anything to them, 2) getting anything from them, or 3) being laid up for 2 weeks and unable to help out at home!

I'm on the fence about the H1N1 vaccine still.

Hmmmm... I am not sure that vaccines are all that effective, and fairly sure that ANY medical concoction that one takes into one's body has the potential for a myriad of side effects.

There is evidence, for example, to suggest that the HIV virus got into Hepatitis vaccinations manufactured by Merck from monkeys that were experimented upon by the DOD, and that this was the origin of HIV in the human population. Scary. Also, various other viruses have been found to be present in vaccines.

Regardless, I can tell you this much.... The odds of a side effect to a vaccine of some sort (headaches, fever, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, allergy, Guillain-Barré, etc) are fairly high...something like 1 in 20. The odds of getting the H1N1 flu are in the thousands. The odds of dying of H1N1 are in the tens or hundreds of thousands.

I'll take my risks of not taking the vaccine.

I also know that I have a strong immune system. I take care of myself fairly well. I wash my hands after using the restroom and before eating. I don't touch doorknobs or handles in public places with my hands (I open/close them with my elbows, knees or feet if possible). I eat a decent diet. I exercise daily. I rarely get sick, even when exposed. When exposed, I load up on Vitamin C, echinacea and colloidal silver. That usually makes it go away before it really starts. This is all the medicine I've needed over the last 20 years. Side effects? Not a one.

I don't trust pharmaceutical companies one bit. These are the same idiots who push anti-depressants on us. Drugs that have a list of side-effects a mile long, which include impotence. All the while, there is Tryptophan, 5-HTP, and St. John's Wort, all of which do a better job (through independent research not funded by drug manufacturers), with virtually no side-effects. Meanwhile, a meta analysis of research into SSRIs shows that they do not function at all, except for the most dire of cases of depression. In other words, they've dosed an entire generation of people for no real reason with drugs that inhibit their sex drives, amongst other horrible side-effects. I smell a rat. I don't trust them.

I trust medicine that's been around since ancient times and works...as is now being proven by recent scientific research. I don't trust mega-corporations at all. They're in it to turn a buck, not to help anyone.