Where Liberals Got it Right....
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 18, 2009 10:51am CST
Back in the 80s, HIV/AIDS was just hitting the airwaves and immune systems of human beings. Because of the mystery surrounding the epidemic, a lot of people called for mass quaranteening of anyone even remotely showing the signs and symptoms. Fearing these would lead to violations of the victims' rights, many on the left spoke out against such measures.
At least in the context of quaranteeing and segregating out of hysteria, the left was right! History has vindicated their efforts to defend the rights of everyone, not just those who actually contracted the virus.
Now we have another mass hysteria. One that is more hysterical than the call for quarantees. The N1H1 flu...
Here we have a strain of the flu that, even at it's worst projections, isn't even close to being as deadly as any other strain. Yet we have billions of dollars going to find a "vaccine" that will be worthless next year.
We have politicians calling for mandatory vaccinations... for what?
If the vaccine you are taking has no efficacy against the strain of flu coursing through you, it is doing nothing but polluting your body. In fact, to really be effective against the flu, you would have to take hundreds of different flu vaccines.
The reality is, the flu shot you get this year is great.. for fighting the flu bug you had last year.
Is it worth sacrificing our freedom of choice to hysteria? Especially when we could end up being one of the 20,000 who died of the flu, but aren't you glad you didn't die of the Bird Flu?
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
18 Aug 09
When I worked at the college I had a good friend who got a flu shot every year...and every year she got the flu and was quite ill. I, on the other hand, have never had a flu shot...and neither has my husband...for the very reasons you've indicated. I had a lot of interaction daily with staff, students and instructors and have not had the flu for over 15 years. The creation of this vaccine seems to me to be more for show.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
18 Aug 09
It is for show. It's a response to the media induced panic. First it was the avian flu, then the swine flu, next it will be bovine flu, equine flu, etc., until people quit believing such crap. Only then will we have a real problem when there really is a deadly flu and people don't believe it anymore. I've never had a flu shot either and haven't had the flu for maybe 20 years. 5 of those years were spent working at Universal Studios with tourists bringing diseases germs, and flus from all over the globe.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Well I know you both live in the same state but, I was wondering- do they show the television commercials that are PSA's about pandemic flu? We have this one that shows every once in a while here in Ohio and this scary sounding announcer comes on talking about pandemic flu and how it has struck Ohio so many times and how it WILL strike again. I always wait for Hitchcock to come out and say, "Good Evening".
Oh, I found a link from Dayton News that talks about it-
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/21/ddn072108pandemicweb.html
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
19 Aug 09
No, Zeph, I haven't seen that and I hope we're not subjected to it down here! With hurricane season heating up we've got our own fear factor going on. 
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
18 Aug 09
I agree that requiring the immunizations would just be wrong. Mandatory immunization against the flu would be a violation of people's rights. I think probably people who refuse the flu vaccine somehow know that it is not the right choice for them. For me, getting the flu shot yearly appears to be the right choice, and I want that right. My personal verdict on H1N1 is still out. I believe I am one of the ones who had the swine flu in the seventies and so should still have some immunity. In my personal, non scientific study of myself and flu vaccines, I believe that each time I get a slightly different vaccine, I add a new layer of immunity and that I do not really seem to lose that protection when a new virus comes out. The one time in the last ten years that I did not get the flu shot I did get the flu. I was miserable, but it was more like a lingering cold and it was in no way as severe as the four or five times I remember getting the flu before I had access to the shots. I do not want to do that again. I had a headache that felt as if a huge axe was imbedded in my head and I felt as if I was on some torture machine that was pulling me limb from limb. I was delirious with a fever and very weak for weeks afterwards. I get my flu shot for that reason. Also because I work with a vulnerable population and because I am frequently exposed. I am sure others have their reasons for not wanting the vaccine.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
18 Aug 09
I rarely get the flu and I'm not worried about getting it. What I would be worried about would be forced vaccination. (making protest banner)
@AngryKittyMSV (4317)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Like many others, I have never gotten a flu shot and despite being exposed often, have never gotten the flu. The pediatrician convinced me to get my daughter a flu shot when she was one year old, and she ended up getting very sick with "flu-like" symptoms shortly after and actually had to be hospitalized! I never got her another flu shot again, and she has NOT been sick since in nearly 4 years! Aside from annual checkups, my daughter has NOT needed to go to the doctor at all!
