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The Flu Vaccine

The Flu vaccine is a vaccination given to protect a person against Flu. At present the Influenza kills around 36,000 people a year in the USA alone. Public health officials urge those eligible for vaccination to receive it and remind people that although influenza vaccination begins in September or October each year, vaccine continues to be available in November, December, and later.

Vaccination is advised for the following groups

Vaccine is available to anyone who wants to reduce his or her chances of getting influenza, with a few exceptions, but the CDC strongly recommends it for the following groups of people:

All children aged 6 months to 5 years—a new recommendation for this influenza season
Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season
People ages 50 years and older
Children and teen-agers (ages 6 months to 18 years) who must take aspirin regularly and therefore might be at risk for developing Reye syndrome if they get influenza
Adults and children ages 6 months and older with chronic heart or lung conditions, including asthma
Adults and children who have required hospitalization or regular doctor visits during the past year because of chronic metabolic diseases, including diabetes, kidney disease, hemoglobin abnormalities, or weakened immune system
People with any condition that makes it hard to breathe or swallow, such as brain injury or disease, spinal cord injuries, seizure disorders, or other nerve or muscle disorders
Residents of nursing homes and other facilities that provide care for people with chronic medical conditions
Healthy household contacts and caregivers of children up to 5 years old and people at high risk for severe complications from influenza
Health care workers.

Flu the Illness

Influenza is characterised by fever, myalgia, headache and pharyngitis. In addition there may be cough and in severe cases, prostration. There is not usually a runny nose which characterises common cold infections.
Infection may be very mild, even asymptomatic, moderate or very severe, Influenza can just leave you feeling weak and washed out and in rare cases particularly in young babies and the elderly influenza may lead to hospitalisation. Very occasionally influenza has led to death but fortunately this is rare.

Adverse Reactions

The majority of people who have the Flu Vaccine have no adverse reaction but as with most vaccines the Flu Vaccine is not without risks. The Flu Vaccination unfortunately does appear to present more adverse reactions than most other vaccines according to statistics and some professionals believe this is because the Flu Vaccine still contains Thimerosal (Mercury). This is slowly changing especially in the US and recently it was decided to remove Thimerosal from the Flu Vaccine please read http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070713/BUSINESS/707130334/1003

Information

21st Dec 2008
The Hidden Truth
http://www.cynthiajanak.com
/vaccinationthehiddentruth.html

17th Dec 2008
Do Flu vaccines really work?
The truth exposed
http://www.familychiropractors
.com/blog/?p=20

9th Dec 2008
Prominent Physician advises
against flu vaccination
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/
articles/archive/2008/12/09
/prominent-physician-advises-
against-flu-shots.aspx

4th Dec 2008
Letters to Health Commissioner
Heather Howard stating Flu
Vaccines causes GBS
http://njvaccinationchoice.blogspot.
com/2008/12/members-address-
health-commissioner.html

28th Nov 2008
Flu shots: Comsider a Different Perspective.
http://www.evliving.com/2008/11/28/
1814/flu-shots-
consider-a-different-perspective/

14th Nov 2008
Avoiding the Flu
http://www.utne.com/2008-
11-12/Science-Technology
/Avoiding-the-Flu.aspx?
blogid=36

11th Nov 2008
Flu shots for kids
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?&entry
_id=32296

6th Nov 2008
Should Woman Receive Flu
Vaccine When Pregnant
http://mymaternacare.blogspot
.com/2008/11/should-women
-receive-influenzae-flu.html

6th Nov 2008
NJ Mandatory Flu Shots
for Preschoolers Cause Outragehttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/
ColdandFluNews/
story?id=6051917&page=1

1st Nov 2008
Six Good Reasons to Refuse
the Flu Vaccination
http://thereikimatrix.blogspot.
com/2008/10/six-good-
reasons-to-avoid-flu-shot.html

27th Oct 2008
10 Reasons not to get a
Flu Shot this year
http://grassrootsnutrition.
blogspot.com/2008/10/10
-reasons-to-not-get-flu-shot-this.html

27th Oct 2008
Homeopathic Clinic Offers Painless
Alternative to Flu Shots
http://www.orleansonline.
ca/pages/N2008102801.htm

26th Oct 3008
Flu Vaccine Right To Know
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/10/flu-vaccine-rig.html

23rd Oct 2008
Avoid Flu Shots with the one
Vitamin that will
stop Flu in it's tracks
Watch this brilliant Videa
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/
articles/archive/2008/10/21
/avoid-flu-shots-vitamin-d-is-a
-better-way.aspx

23rd Oct 2008
Just say no to Flu Shos
http://srstrength.wordpress.
com/2008/10/21/just-sa
y-no-to-the-flu-shot/

19th Oct 2008
Its Flu Shot Time
Are You ready
http://www.madison.com/
wsj/topstories/310152

10th Oct 2008
Flu Shot Nightmare. Our Journey With Matthew
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/10/flu-shot-nightm.html

8th Oct 2008
Influenza shots? No
Thank You!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/
Influenza-shots-No-thank-by-
Dr-V-Virginia-Ve-081004-659.html

27th Sept 2008
Choose Flu Shots
without Thimerosal
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2008/09/26/an-option-flu-vaccines-without-mercury-based-thimerosal.html

18th Sept 2008
Flu Vaccine Uncovered
http://www.healthfreedomusa.
org/?p=476%20

25th Aug 2008
Thimerosal in Flu Vaccine?
Yes!
http://www.drbuttar.com/blog/2008
/08/thimerosal-in-flu-vaccine-yes/

25th Aug 2008
Guilliane Barre Syndrome
after vaccine
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/
forum/index.php
?topic=10230.msg191782;boardseen

2nd August 2008
Flu Shot Steals Mothers Hopes
Of Son Growing up Like
Barack Obama
http://www.pr-inside.com/flu-shot-steals-mother-s-hope-of-r734089.htm

13th July2008
Reason to just say no to Vaccines
Dr Sherri Tenpenny http://newswithviews.com/Tenpenny
/sherri19.htm

28th June 2008
Child 6 Dies after FluMist
Vaccination
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/health
/28vaccine.html?pagewanted
=1&_r=1&adxnnlx=1214673570-
5uM5Ke9FlKAy3G18rvdkiQ

21st June 2008
Rebel Scientist Battles
Dangerous Vaccines and
Antibiotics
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/
archive/2008/06/21/rebel-scientist-battles-
dangerous-vaccines

17th Dec 2007
N.J parents fret
about flu shots
http://www.nj.com/
news/ledger/index
.ssf?/base/news-12
/1197791418124
280.xml&coll=1

27Nov 2007
Gulliable Jennifer Garner
Flu Shot Campaign
http://www.newstarget.com
/022274.html

27Nov 2007
Children Herded Like
Cattle Into Maryland
Courthouse
For Forced Vaccinations
As Armed Police
And Attack
Dogs Stand Guard
http://www.dailyscare.com/2450/children-herded-like-cattle-into-maryland-courthouse-for-forced-vaccinations-as-armed-police-and-attack-dogs-stand-guard

15 Nov 2007
Most Flu Shots Contain
Mercury but Few Know It
http://www.jsonline.com/
story/index.aspx?id=685311

11 Nov 2007
Mercury Isn't the
Only Toxix Item Found
in Vaccines
http://www.mercola.com
/2005/jun/2/vaccine_refusal.htm

10 Nov 2007
We need to take care
of those hurt by vaccines
http://www.theglobeandmail.com
/servlet/story/RTGAM.2007110
1.wlpicard01/BNStory/special
ScienceandHealth/home

5th Nov 2007
Why you should avoid the flu
shot and what you can do to
combat the flu and the
common cold.
http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com
/report.asp?story=Avoid%20the%
20Flu%20Shot&catagory=Vaccines,%20Flu

2nd Nov 2007
Flu shot fails to protect
http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk
/news.php?start=1680&end=1700
&view=yes&id=1892#newspost

Lawmakers Express Distrust of
CDC on Vaccine Studies

FLULAVAL™ (Influenza Virus Vaccine)

Flu shot went horribly wrong
http://www.whale.to
/a/flushot12.html

Guillian-Barre Syndrome after Vaccination in the United States
http://www.whale.to/
vaccine/gbs2006.html

Flu Vaccination Linked to Muscle Wasting Disease
http://search.japantimes.co.jp
/member/member.html?nn
20021118a3.htm

Flu shot slightly raises the risk of Guillian-Barre
http://search.japantimes.co.jp
/member/member.html?
nn20021118a3.htm

Vaccine Lawyer on Side Effects of Vaccines
http://www.vaccinationnews.
com/DailyNews/February2002
/VaccineLawyer.htm

Think Twice
http://www.thinktwice.
com/latest.htm

Vaccination News
http://www.vaccinationnews.com
/Adverse_Reactions/vaers/
1999Death&DisabilityVaers.htm

Reported side effects
http://www.thinktwice.com/flu.htm

Flu jab may be fatal
to some pensioners
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
/news/main.jhtml?xml=/new
s/2005/10/30/nflu30.xml&sSheet
=/news/2005/10/30/ixnewstop.html

Hawaii school Flu Shots
raising Mercury issue.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com
/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825
/NEWS15/708250345/1026/NEWS15

Want an epidural? Skip the tattoo.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news
/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57737

You may have to hunt for
a Mercury free flu shot
http://www.sunherald.com/
living/health/story/146229.html

Emergency Alert-
Danger lurking in Flu shots
http://www.healthtruthrevealed.
com/full-page.php?id=100053276
10&&page=article

Same Old Story,
Same Old Song and Dance
http://www.counterpunch.org/
dachel09272007.html

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The Flu Vaccine

Vaccination is advised for the following groups

Vaccine is available to anyone who wants to reduce his or her chances of getting influenza, with a few exceptions, but the CDC strongly recommends it for the following groups of people:

All children aged 6 months to 5 years—a new recommendation for this influenza season

Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season

People ages 50 years and older

Children and teen-agers (ages 6 months to 18 years) who must take aspirin regularly and therefore might be at risk for developing Reye syndrome if they get influenza

Adults and children ages 6 months and older with chronic heart or lung conditions, including asthma

Adults and children who have required hospitalization or regular doctor visits during the past year because of chronic metabolic diseases, including diabetes, kidney disease, hemoglobin abnormalities, or weakened immune system

People with any condition that makes it hard to breathe or swallow, such as brain injury or disease, spinal cord injuries, seizure disorders, or other nerve or muscle disorders

Residents of nursing homes and other facilities that provide care for people with chronic medical conditions

Healthy household contacts and caregivers of children up to 5 years old and people at high risk for severe complications from influenza

Health care workers.

Flu the Illness

Adverse Reactions

Information

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and you wish to tell us please click here and will print on our new 'Our Story' page