tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post8370061644118177085..comments2023-10-11T08:52:46.878-04:00Comments on Uncle Guido's Facts: Are Flu Shots A Scam?Ron Parlatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377926161809667359noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-79562043682881481542015-01-12T18:32:20.219-05:002015-01-12T18:32:20.219-05:00Read Dr. Tom Jefferson's commentaries. He is ...Read Dr. Tom Jefferson's commentaries. He is the Reviewer, Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group and Cochrane Vaccines Field. His commentary is readily available online and highly insightful on this particular issue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-70350655853113555532015-01-12T18:29:12.810-05:002015-01-12T18:29:12.810-05:00But you assume that if you get the vaccine, you wi...But you assume that if you get the vaccine, you will protect those fragile individuals. There is no reason to expect that, particularly when in protecting, maybe, against 5-15% of the influenza viral load with the vaccine, you are told that you will be 'protecting yourself and your loved one against the flu'...thereby inadvertantly and ignorantly exposing yourself and your loved ones to the OTHER 80-95% of the circulating influenza-like illness viruses. Hospitals actually allow vaccinated staff members to go unmasked around susceptible patients because they have been vaccinated. Curiously, the unvaccinated are required to wear masks, which will probably do more to protect patients from ALL airborne infectious agents.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-35626146522094358532013-01-13T09:23:55.174-05:002013-01-13T09:23:55.174-05:00of course he had no intelligent response to your q...of course he had no intelligent response to your question. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-79304231026063551582013-01-10T11:41:57.227-05:002013-01-10T11:41:57.227-05:00This is news to me. If I am healthy and I get my f...This is news to me. If I am healthy and I get my flu shot, I will not spread flu to infants, AIDs sufferers, chemo patients, etc? What kind of scientific logic is that? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-87357272664539689742012-12-23T08:55:41.471-05:002012-12-23T08:55:41.471-05:00Nicely stated, Ron...and I agree wholeheartedly.Nicely stated, Ron...and I agree wholeheartedly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728137222647400009.post-9586830255869704872012-12-19T19:31:29.518-05:002012-12-19T19:31:29.518-05:00All technology is oversold in the U.S.; it would b...All technology is oversold in the U.S.; it would be strange if the flu shot were any different (see your own non-critical acceptance of a "universal" vaccine without pausing to ask about drawbacks). Modest protection, for modest cost. Seems like an OK deal to me.<br /><br />> I am in one of those groups cited above for whom the protection rates are very low<br /><br />As you probably know, getting vaccinated is not all about you, you, you -- it's about community. I sat next to someone at dinner whose infant niece was in an ICU because of the flu (too young to be immunized, of course). I was glad I had done what I could to reduce the odds, however modestly, that I had contributed to that horrible event.<br /><br />As you weigh the apparently disturbing cost of your next ~$15 (CDC price list) flu shot, I hope you'll consider whether you have any direct or indirect contact with the more helpless members of your community: infants, AIDS sufferers, chemo patients, etc. Perhaps a modest increase in their odds of living is worth it?Ron Burkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502981410880210349noreply@blogger.com