Flu Season

Flu Season is here. We see it in our grocery stores, schools and churches. The commercials for the vaccine began in the fall and continue into winter. You know, those commercials about how you need to protect yourself and your family from this nasty illness that reportedly has countless Americans hospitalized every year. Countless because they really are countless. Many mistake the flu symptoms as a common virus.

My concern here is the hype. We are willing to inject our children with a vaccine, filled with unknown added ingredients just for the chance that they might get the flu. And even if they do get the vaccine, it's not guaranteed to combat the flu.

http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/October-2012/Influenza-Deaths--The-Hype-vs--The-Evidence.aspx

Did you ever stop to wonder who is pushing this vaccine? Drug companies. And why not? They make billions. Do you trust the drug companies?

I understand the risk of complications with influenza. I also understand that compromised immune symptoms have to weigh out the risks/benefits with making this decision. My concern is in the marketing. It is beginning to lean toward not having a choice but to get these vaccines. We are slowly accepting these "recommendations" as mandates. 

It is so ingrained into mainstream media, that we don't even question the side effects. Here are just a few:

• Reported moderate reactions to influenza vaccine include fever, local reactions (pain, redness, swelling at the site of the injection), headache, fatigue, sore throat, nasal congestion, cough, joint and muscle pain, and nausea. Reported serious complications include brain inflammation, convulsions, Bell’s palsy, limb paralysis, neuropathy, shock,  wheezing/asthma and other breathing problems. Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a disabling neurological disorder that involves temporary or permanent paralysis that can lead to death and has been causally related to influenza vaccinations.
• As of November 2013, there have been more than 93,000 reports of reactions, hospitalizations, injuries and deaths following influenza vaccinations made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including 1,080 related deaths, 8,888 hospitalizations, 1,801 related disabilities and over 1,700 cases of GBS. In 2013 the Federal Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) voted to add GBS to the Vaccine Injury Table within the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). -http://www.nvic.org.