No proof that the flu vaccine works? You’d expect this to be the screaming headline from some crazy anti-vaccine site or “black helicopter / 911 was an inside job” conspiracy website right? Well, actually it’s from the insert that comes with the flu vaccine directly from the manufacturer of the vaccine.
This sounds like a joke …. I realize that but it’s true. According to thedrug insert for the Flulaval Flu Vaccine it states :
- ….there have been no controlled trials demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLULAVAL. (14)
See for yourself here, it’s the second bullet point under INDICATIONS AND USAGE.
Why take a flu vaccine that isn’t proven to work?
Good question. Here’s a couple of other ones :
- Why would a company sell a vaccine that’s not proven to work?
- Why would the government, press & doctors push a vaccine that isn’t proven to work?
After you let that question marinate a bit you’ll see why many people, including the elderly and even health care workers are refusing to get the shots.
Now, if 60% of healthcare workers don’t get the shot what do you think that says about their faith in the safety and effectiveness of the shots? Realizing of course that this isn’t some rogue band of outsiders … these are the folks that are not only inside the system but also the folks EXPOSED TO IT THE MOST in their daily work life.
As a matter of fact so many health care workers are not getting their shots that the former head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Geberding, tried for years to get it made mandatory. She failed …. but the trend is turning now as hospitals and medical centers across the country are starting to do just that - forcing medical workers to get the flu vaccine or lose their jobs.
That’s why the emergency regulation adopted this summer by the (New York) State Health Department making all hospital, home health and hospiceworkers get seasonal and swine flu vaccinations was a startling and radical step.
The unions do not oppose vaccination “but we oppose a mandatory program,” he said. “This is: ‘You don’t get the shot, you’re fired.’ ”
Complying with the new state rule, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs the city’s public hospitals, announced on Aug. 28 that seasonal and swine flu vaccinations would now be mandatory for all its workers.
Dr. Talbot said that, of the handful of hospitals he knew of that achieved more than 75 percent voluntarily, some used measures that were not entirely voluntary — workers who refuse must wear masks at all times or are told notes will be put in their personnel files.
Mandating vaccines that are not even proven to work (I’m not even going to argue safety in this post), seems like a movie doesn’t it?
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