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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 07:04 PM
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Doctors Suffer Flu Shot Shortage
Doctors Suffer Flu Shot Shortage

By Glenn Stevens
WFMJ-TV
Two Valley lawmakers have sent a letter to the Center For Disease Control questioning why local doctors are having so much difficulty getting the flu vaccine for their patients. Since there is no shortage of vaccine this year, Congressmen Tim Ryan and Ted Strickland are concerned that large retailers and non-medical businesses are getting priority over individual doctors.

Some local doctors are not able to get the same number of vaccines they have in the past, and others are being told that their delivery dates cannot be confirmed.

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"They could not get the vaccine and there was never a guarantee they would have it for this year," says Arlene Nagy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9996284/
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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 07:24 PM
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1. Did you try taco bell?
WTF You know most doctors don't drink the cool aid, Hell, I are smart! stupid americans. no harm intended, good post, just venting again. Peace
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 07:47 PM
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2. I hear that walmart has an abundance of the stuff!
oooops...i said the WM word..ha! Sorry bout that!!
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-05 02:41 AM
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4. the lowest of the low might just be using flu vaccine as a ploy . . .
to get people into Wal-Mart stores . . . which is exactly what seems to be happening, seeing that the company is somehow managing to buy up every available vial of the stuff . . .

"Come to Wal-Mart, get your flu shot, and buy some of our sweatshop-manufactured crap!"
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-05 06:09 AM
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5. yep!
That is the motive, of course.
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uberblonde Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 07:52 PM
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3. It's not just doctors.
I normally get mine at one of the local chain drugstores but both chains canceled all their flu shot clinics for lack of supply.

So where is it all going?
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philb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:12 AM
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6. Flu vaccines aren't very effective and have serious adverse effects
Besides the fact that flu shots are known to not be very effective at preventing flu(1), flu shots contain mercury and have been documented to have significant adverse health effects(2).

There are very few if any long term studies of what effect the flu vaccine has on your health. One such study has revealed the following. According to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, one of the world's leading immunogeneticist and one of the most quoted biologist of our times (nearly 850 papers in peer review journals), if an individual has had five consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied), his/her chances of developing Alzheimer's Disease is ten times higher than if they had one, two or no shots. Dr. Fudenberg was asked why this was so and he said it was due to the mercury and aluminum that is in every flu shot (and most childhood shots). The gradual mercury and aluminum build-up in the brain causes cognitive dysfunction. (2)

It is possible to protect yourself from getting the flu, reducing effects if you get it, and help to build health by detoxifying the immune system and doing things to strenghten the immune system.
Notes:
1. Flu Shots: Do they really work?, Severyn, R.Ph., Ph.D., Kristine M., Vaccine News.
2. Recorded from Dr. Fudenberg's speech at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA, September, 1997. Quoted with permission.
3. www.whale.to/v/quotes3.html
4. www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/kidshg.html

(note: Fudenberg treats mercury toxicity conditions like autism and is well known)
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American researchers find that those who were vaccinated were almost twice as likely to seek assistance at an emergency department because of their asthma than those not vaccinated.

By Michael Bradley
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/23/1090464867466.html
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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philb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:17 AM
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7. Immune boosters are generally safer and more effective for flu,etc
Those with strong immune system are far less likely to get any kind of flu; and also will recover much faster if they get it.

Flu is not a major cause of death and mostly affects elderly and others who have a weakened immune system.

Immune boosters like Mannatech Ambrotose/Immuno Start and Shaklee's immune booster and other such are effective at keeping the immune system strong; and effective for many conditions that would affect those with a weakened immune system.
http://www.glycoscience.org
http://www.vrp.com
http://www.shaklee.com

etc.
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