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Originally Posted by ffresh
DITTO!
Too many, IMHO, fall for the Big Pharma agenda of having everyone on medications from cradle to grave. I could go into a lengthy diatribe on the efficacy of flu shots here but what's the use? People are going to do what they want anyway and will not be deterred from their closely held beliefs, whether politics, religion or flu shots  Most folks are just too lazy or clueless to do their own research. Taking an active part in one's own medical care is paramount to longevity. Anyway, the odds of a flu shot protecting one from a particular strain of the flu is [claimed to be] about 10%. AND, how do you know if you contracted a cold or genuinely had the flu? AND, how do you know (if you didn't have the flu) that it was a flu shot that protected you from contracting it? AND, if you had no shot and contracted the flu, how do you know if the shot could/would have protected you anyway? AND, on and on ad nauseum … now everone line up for his/her flu shot 
Fred |
I cannot tell you how much I disagree with you on this issue.. Thousands of people died last year because of an unusually virulent form of influenza. The flu shot last year was not as successful as it usually is. But I am a strong proponent of traditional medicine and believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Just as a poster said the flu shot is safe for most people unless they have an allergy to something in it, like eggs. It is so important for older people and those with a compromised immune system to be vaccinated against the flu, and both forms of pneumonia available and Herpes Zoster, (Shingles).
Companies who manufacture drugs may need their profit margins reconfigured, but they still own the gold to keep us well. And if a for profit business has something we need, it is usually expensive. As we get older we get more vulnerable and more dependent on good medical care. Fact of life.
AND FRED...……. I just read all of your other posts. I agree with you I think on all of the rest. You are a smart person with good common sense.