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I'm a big believer in vaccines and if there is ever a hep c vaccine I'l be first in line.
My personal examples: Now that I know all about Hep C, I will the the first in line to get a vaccination when one is on the market and I will make darn sure all of my family is in line ahead of me.
Also, my father (who died 20 years ago) fell ill with polio in 1953, prior to the vaccination being available, and he permanently lost the use of his legs - and thank God that was all it did to him. My mother was stressed out for several years worrying about the possibility of herself and their young children (including me who was born in 1954) getting polio until the vaccination came on the market in 1955. So, guess who was probably the first in line to get the polio vaccinations -- my family.
I never got a flu vaccination until last year but it wasn't because I had an aversion to flu shots but rather it was because, up until I found out that I had Hep C, I didn't feel I needed one. When I was diagnosed with Hep C, I was right there in line getting a flu shot as soon as they were available last year.
I've had all the standard vaccinations given to children and adults and I've had Hep A and Hep B and the flu vaccination. I also keep my tetnus vaccination up to date.
In 1993 a high court judge in the UK decided that it was impossible to know the exact contents of vaccines and that science had no idea what the cocktail of chemicals, contaminants and heavy metals contained in vaccines could do to the human body, or why they would work to prevent disease." -- British Medical Journal, 1993.
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It's a scary world out there and I am very pro-vaccinations of little children and every thing that we can do to help prevent any sickness or disease.
I ALWAYS get the flu shot and pneumonia shot if more people did then less people would get the flu. Yes they don't work on all of them but any help is a good thing.
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I'm just saying you confuse me with stuff like this.
If someone wants to debate something they should use their own words,their own understanding and their own brain.
I'm not targeting anyone in particular,lot's of people do it here,and it's so lazy and the message is often just 'There you go pal-suck on that!'
Small pox is no longer vaccinated for because the World Health Organization eradicated it with an intensive vaccination program. Vaccinations are good. People who sweat the small stuff don't have enough information. I don't consider a lot of the stuff on your toxin list to be 'toxins' for humans. Mmmm, yummy chicken embryos in China and guinea pigs in Peru! Looks more like propaganda against vaccinations in general. Secretary in my office had to suffer through chicken pox at 45 because we worked with kids whose parents refused to vaccinate. Just went through chemo because I want to live. Would never consider taking chances with the rest of my regained life and skipping vaccinations. Bring the next shot, please.
WHO CARES IF YOU DONT BELIEVE IN VACCINES........
come on dude get it together !!!
I got vaccinated for Hep A and B because the doctors insisted and B is a biggie in Asia where I've traveled.
I don't get vaccines, in general, though I would if I went to Africa. I don't do the malarial drugs while in S.E.Asia and have never gotten malaria. I beleive in educating yourself and behaving cautiously without paranoia.
I have never gotten a flu vaccine and haven't had the flu in a long, long time.
I most certainly do eat out, food is one of the joys of life, at least for me.
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I am totally against any and all flu type of vaccinations. I think they are a scam.
Now the swine flu vaccine is something I would have to look into since I found some conflicting info on it.
Just chiming in again.
And there are also lots of people who are helpful, look at Mother Theresa, There is good and bad, and we will run into both in this world, I'm so tired of looking at all the bad stuff. I am really trying to look at more of the good and cultivate a positive outlook, its not easy since I am a negative type person. I tend to see both sides, but feel more affected by the bad influences. Just cultivate gratitude that you werent born in Kosovo, or Rwanda.
M4now
No Rocker I respectuflly disagree - I believe most people are good at heart and would never harm another for things such as money. Look at the majority of people who reached out to each other after 9/11 and Katrina..........look at the people here who come on every day to offer advivce and solace to others that they don't even know?
No, I prefer to realize that there is an always will be corruption especially in goverment but that people at heart are basically good.
I don't know where you live but how much cruelty do you actually see in your everyday life?
I see folks playing with their kids, talking with friends, walking their dogs, living their lives in peace.
Sure many of them are rushing about and although I think there is too much greed and emphasis on money, there is also basic human kindness.
Try spinning the sphere of reality and look from a different perspective.
Heck, I don't think we can even get the flu while on tx, according to Science Daily (June 21, 2009) interferon, reduced H5N1 flu virus replication in mice and may offer some protection in the early stages of the flu infection.
I definitely understand how you might feel about the "bad" guys getting a slap on the wrist as they stomp on the poor. All I know is this that there is such a thing as cause and effect (reap what you sow) and we all pay for our actions. I cant even imagine what kind of suffering people who cause others to suffer will endure. Just keep looking at the positive side if possible, bringing whatever kindness and compassion you can muster into the world and your life. Shucks, I'd better shut the heck up, before I get my soap box out. Its OK to get a little negative, cuz then you also get to see the positive, its all the same coin just different sides. Stay in the middle. This is all advice to myself cuz it can be very difficult to do.
SWAK