They are useless poison.
Here's what's in them.
* See manufacturers Package inserts for details.
FLU Vaccine Ingredients depend upon the manufacturer
FluVirin, FluShield, FluZone, FluMist, Etc, Etc.
All are made using egg or chicken protein
Influenza viruses (most! are inactivated)
Neomycin, polymyxin, gentamycin - antibiotics
Thimerosal [mercury] - a harmful preservative
Betapropiolactone - a disinfectant
Nonoxynol - used to kill or stop growth of STDs
Octoxinol 9 - a vaginal spermicide
Formaldehyde - embalming fluid used to kill viruses
Ingredient and associated risk list for the Fluzone vaccine:
Chick Embryo - this can be problematic for those allergic to eggs or egg products
Formaldehyde - (Embalming Fluid) Formaldehyde has been classified as a human carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). Research studies of workers exposed to formaldehyde have suggested an association between formaldehyde exposure and cancers of the nasal sinuses, nasopharynx, and brain, and possibly leukemia
Octoxinol-9 - This is a spermacide (kills sperm) Chills; confusion; dizziness; fever; lightheadedness; muscle aches; sunburn-like skin rash that is followed by peeling of the skin
Triton X-100 - Harmful if swallowed. Causes severe eye irritation. May be harmful if inhaled or in contact with skin. Toxicology not fully investigated. The product may contain traces of ethylene oxide or dioxane, which are probable human carcinogens.
Gelatin- Made from the boiled bones, skins and tendons of animals.
Thimerisol (mercury derivative) - Several cases of acute mercury poisoning from thimerosal-containing products were found in the medical literature with total doses of thimerosal ranging from approximately 3 mg/kg (Your vaccine contains 25 ug per 5mL dose) to several hundred mg/kg These studies reported local necrosis, acute hemolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, acute renal tubular necrosis, and central nervous system injury including obtundation, coma, and death
Sodium Phosphate - Phosphates are slowly and incompletely absorbed when ingested, and seldom result in systemic effects. Such effects, however, have occurred Symptoms may include vomiting, lethargy, diarrhea, blood chemistry effects, heart disturbances and central nervous system effects. The toxicity of phosphates is because of their ability to sequester calcium. Irritant due to its acidic nature. May cause inflammation and pain on prolonged contact, especially with moist skin. May sequester calcium and cause calcium phosphate deposits in the kidneys.
Sodium Chloride(Salt) - Very large doses can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and prostration. Dehydration and congestion occur in most internal organs. Hypertonic salt solutions can produce violent inflammatory reactions in the gastrointestinal tract. May irritate damaged skin; absorption can occur with effects similar to those via ingestion.
A serious concern: Alzheimer's Disesase
Hugh Fudenberg, MD, an immunogeneticist and biologist with nearly 850 papers published in peer review journals, has reported that if an individual had five consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied), his/her chances of getting Alzheimer's Disease is ten times higher than if they had zero, one, or two shots.[vii]
Dr. Boyd Haley, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky, Lexington has done extensive research in the area of mercury toxicity and the brain. Haley's research has established a likely connection between mercury toxicity and Alzheimer's disease. [viii] In a paper published in collaboration with researchers at University of Calgary, Haley stated that “seven of the characteristic markers that we look for to distinguish Alzheimer's disease can be produced in normal brain tissues, or cultures of neurons, by the addition of extremely low levels of mercury.”
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2007-12-20 06:46:08
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answered by men in black 4
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Perfectly safe.
Unfortunately there is a lot of bogus mis-information out there about them. The original ones contained "wounded" flu virii. Today's flu shots contain dead virii. There was some speculation that the "wounded" ones weren't wounded enough and that occasionally a health virus got through and actually gave you the flu. This is impossible today, but the rumor still persists that a flu shot can give you the flu.
The flu shot can give you some incredibly minor flu like symptoms. These are minor (compared to the real flu) and short lived, not to mention, this rarely happens. None the less, this has been taken as "proof" that the flu shot can "give you the flu".
Lastly, they pick 3 (out of thousands) of flu strains which they think will be the most common this year, and put them in the shot. Sometimes they guess wrong about which strains will be more common, sometimes you get the 4th most common strain, etc. You can get a flu shot and still get the flu. However, generally speaking, your symptoms will be less if you have had the shot and you will recover more quickly. So it is still a good idea to get the shot.
There is a group of very vocal people who are highly critical of modern medicine and will rabidly attack anything that any doctor says. I'm not sure where all this mistrust and suspicion comes from, but it's on the level of conspiracy theories and tabloids. Some people are just so into irony that the idea that doctors are wrong about medicine is so appealing to them, that they will take dubious third hand anticdotes over statistically sound proven facts. I'm sure I'll get a bunch of tumbs down by this crowd. This is where your "toxic" non-sense comes from.
2007-12-16 15:34:48
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answered by Damocles 7
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There are a lot of rumors and disinformation flying around. The whole thing has become a political football. In 1918, at the close of WWII, we had a really horrible epidemic of flu in the US and Canada. It killed literally MILLIONS of people! From then on, people look to the govt. to protect them from another terrible epidemic like this. The govt. has taken charge of developing vaccines for the new strains of flu that are seen every year, and making them available to everyone, particularly those who are more likely to get the flu--those weakened by disability, the elderly, small children, etc. We've never had another terrible epidemic. Whether this is because of the vaccines, nobody can really say. I mean, point out someone to me whose life was saved by environmental regulations. 8^) We know millions have been, but you can't point them out. In the 1970s there was a flu bug on the horizon that was thought to be as bad as the one in 1918. President Ford ordered that enough vaccine be made available for every elderly person in the US. That flu was also called the Swine Flu. It turned out to be nothing big. This year we're looking at another flu that possibly could end up being a big killer. We're trying to fight it early. But if everyone marches down to get their flu shots, there will be no epidemic, and nobody will ever really know whether a horrible epidemic was prevented or whether it wouldn't have happened anyway. You and I (probably) both know that if we DID have another high-mortality epidemic, people would blame the government for not doing something to prevent it! The same people today who are whining that it's just political, that it just has something to do with Obama trying to buff his image, those same people would be blaming Obama, personally, for everyone who died. In the meanwhile I am very glad the govt. is working on this. When I was a kid in the 1950s, everyone knew some family who had a kid with polio. It was very common in those days! Today it's almost unknown. Tuberculosis used to kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, and today it's very rare. This all happened because we spent public money to find vaccines, to manufacture and distribute them so everyone could be protected. Diptheria, whooping cough (Pertussus), tetanus, smallpox, and a handful of other childhood diseases have been more or less wiped out. I think that's a good thing. This is just the latest episode in a long story.
2016-04-09 21:02:15
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answered by ? 4
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With a flu shot, your arm hurts for a few minutes. without it you get the flu, your whole body feels like crap for a week.
And if you look hard enough they're free.
Of course if you get one, then it means you may have to admit that the people you "heard" are people who really don't know what they're talking about.
2007-12-16 15:41:34
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answered by TedEx 7
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they can't have toxic stuff
a different situation would be that someone was alergic to a substance within that shot.
their effectiveness varies from person to person
some years ago
i was healthy
got the shot
and got the flu like a week later haha
nowadays
i continue getting the shot
but
in this summer hot - autmun cool weather transition thing
i got the flu
for like 3 days
and not even with full symptoms ;)
2007-12-16 15:42:29
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answered by alex :] 3
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They are certainly very useful for the very young and very old, and those who have fragile health. All those people who could get really ill if they had a bad dose of the flu.
2007-12-16 15:36:26
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answered by Anonymous
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