Guest guest Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I know most of you don't believe in getting a flu shot but I've been getting them for a very long time and have not had the flu. I don't know if it's the shot or if I have a good immune system, lol. Anyways, after learning that all shots contain mercury I got my doctor to order me the mercury free shot. It's for infants and she said I have to have 2 of them for it to equal an adult shot. Does anyone have any opinion on using the mercury free infant shot? ~~Thanks, Ruth~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 No opinion, just that it sounds like a wise decision if you want to get a flu shot. Jack Ruth <rloger wrote: I know most of you don't believe in getting a flu shot but I've been getting them for a very long time and have not had the flu. I don't know if it's the shot or if I have a good immune system, lol. Anyways, after learning that all shots contain mercury I got my doctor to order me the mercury free shot. It's for infants and she Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi Ruth, I would have thought the flu shot was really only needed by people at high risk (elderly, etc) - I'm still working through what I think about vaccines in general, so I can't say that I would rule out a vaccination 100% outright (I'm still sifting through the pros and the cons), although I think you did the right thing in getting a mercury-free one. In any case, I can share with you some information I have found about mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines. Here is an excerpt of a paragraph I wrote for a paper for my course... " ...there has been much concern about a link between the mercury dose of thimerosal-containing vaccines, adverse reactions and neurodevelopmental disorders in children, such as autism, speech disorders, ataxia, etc. Geier and Geier (2003, 2004) have done reviews of the US VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database to determine if there is a connection. Their conclusions are that there is a connection shown as simultaneous mercury doses for children rose in the US between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s at the same time period when the prevalence of autism rose from one in 2500 to one in 300 children. In 1999, the US FDA recommended that manufacturers remove thimerosal from vaccines routinely recommended for children 6 years of age and younger, in response to theoretical concerns about the cumulative doses of mercury (U.S. Food and Drug Administration 2007). In a follow-up review of VAERS data for children under 5 years of age from 1991 to 2004, they also showed a peak in reports of neurodevelopmental disorders by about 1998 and a decline thereafter (Geier and Geier 2006). " In short, Geier and Geier showed a correlation between an increase in neurodevelopmental disorders with increase of vaccine-related mercury intake in children and then a correlation in the decline of these disorders after mercury was removed from childhood vaccines. So it seems that the research is showing that mercury in vaccines is an issue, especially since it can accumulate in tissues, and is very hard to shift once there. Hope this helps Sharon ________________________ References: Geier DA, Geier MR (2003) Neurodevelopmental disorders after thimerosal-containing vaccines: a brief communication. Exp Biol Med. 228(6): 660-4. (full text available from: http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/full/228/6/660) Geier D, Geier MR (2004) Neurodevelopmental disorders following thimerosal-containing childhood immunizations: a follow-up analysis. Int J Toxicol. 23(6): 369-76. Geier DA, Geier MR (2006) An assessment of downward trends in neurodevelopmental disorders in the United States following removal of Thimerosal from childhood vaccines. Med Sci Monit. 12(6): CR231-9. (full text available from: http://www.medscimonit.com/pub/vol_12/no_6/8025.pdf) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2007) Thimerosal in Vaccines [online], Rockville, MD: US FDA. Available from: http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t3 (Accessed 30 August 2007). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi Ruth, In most cases they are replacing the thermisol with formaldehyde or some other detrimental preservative. Ask your doctor what is in the shot and then research it on line. The shots to date have not had the flu virus that is going around at the time you have the shot, so it acks more as a placebo and a detriment to the system. Read about flu shots on www.mercola.com and other popular sites. You can protect yourself with homeopathics and not get in trouble like with flu shots. Your choice, but I just don't believe in putting flu shots in my blood. Nancy Savinelli, Naturopath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Ruth I only got a flu shot once in my life. I got the flu the same year so I don't think it worked. GB , Ruth <rloger wrote: > > I know most of you don't believe in getting a flu shot but I've been getting them for a very long time and have not had the flu. I don't know if it's the shot or if I have a good immune system, lol. > > Anyways, after learning that all shots contain mercury I got my doctor to order me the mercury free shot. It's for infants and she said I have to have 2 of them for it to equal an adult shot. Does anyone have any opinion on using the mercury free infant shot? > > ~~Thanks, Ruth~~ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 I've seen too many people die after flu shots to say anything you might wish to hear Ruth Jane .. Does > anyone have any opinion on using the mercury free infant shot? >> >> ~~Thanks, Ruth~~ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 The flu shot still contains aluminum which has its own set of problems.Aluminum in the bloodstream is not a good idea. Watch out for all vaccines because most of them have aluminum in them. Mercury is far from the only ingredient that needs to be avoided. Someone said that they read that vaccines have flouride as well but I dont know this to be true. I would not put it past them to put it in them however. You should read the ingredient list and the vaccine insert before accepting any vaccine. The vaccine insert is not the piece of paper they get you to read before you sign permission. The vaccine insert tells you so much more. It might tell you that the flu vaccine is only 50ish% effective in the elderly and young. It has been awhile but the vaccine is just not nearly as effective as people are led to believe. Please look at the aluminum issue and what is inside each flu vaccine whether or not it has mercury. It still has trace amounts of mercury in the flu shots by the way. They just tried to remove as much as they could. April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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