Scary reaction to flu shot in Loudoun...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
So yeah, it gets my defenses up, especially since the non vaccinators are putting everyone at increased risk. I simply won't take it lying down.

Well, if you got the vaccine, you should feel confident that you will not be getting the flu. What does it matter to you if I am not getting the vaccine? It should really make no difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So yeah, it gets my defenses up, especially since the non vaccinators are putting everyone at increased risk. I simply won't take it lying down.

Well, if you got the vaccine, you should feel confident that you will not be getting the flu. What does it matter to you if I am not getting the vaccine? It should really make no difference.

She doesn't even understand the reason for getting vaccinated in the first place, and yet she is arguing passionately for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I'm not a bitch, but will admit I'm being nasty on this thread because I'm so sick of parents on DCUM trying to make me feel like an idiot for following my pediatrician, or implying that I'm following her blindly.

And, I am sick of hearing that we're all going to die if we don't get a flu shot.

I honestly think it's fine that you get a flu shot if you're comfortable with it. It doesn't affect me in anyway, and if it makes you feel better, that's great! I just think that stories about side effects need to be widely publicized so that people realize that there can be horrible side effects.

[Anonymous]

A couple things -- 1) the poster who used thalidimide as an example is wrong. The FDA did NOT allow it for pregnant women. It was the European drug agencies that allowed it. That's why there were tragic Thalidimide babies in Europe, but not in the U.S.
2) Even if I am vaccinated, your decision not to vaccinate affects me. No vaccination is 100% effective. So if I am vaccinated, I still have a small chance of contracting the disease. If you are vaccinated, my chances of getting it from you are that much lower.
So don't pretend your decisions don't affect others. They do.

[Anonymous]

I would rather get the flu and I bet she would too. Its so sad.

[Anonymous]

From how my Dr. explained vaccines they work in a herd mentality. If everyone is vaccinated it can erradicate certain illnesses. But if people stop vaccinating it starts to put cracks in the damn so to say. So you start mingling non-vaccinated kids in with vaccinated kids they can start making vaccinated kids sick. My doctor told me not to let my kids play with unvaccinated kids for that reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rather get the flu and I bet she would too. Its so sad.

But you wouldn't rather die from the flu than have her illness. These are questions of percentages. You can't just compare two of the outcomes as you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rather get the flu and I bet she would too. Its so sad.

That's not how life works though. We don't have crystal balls so we just don't know. I would rather not expose myself to excess radiation, but when I needed to get a mammogram and MRI for a breast cancer scare at age 31, I weighed the benefits (detecting cancer early when they could possibly treat me) vs. harms (being exposed to radiation, having an extremely expensive test). The MRI showed no cancer - but I couldn't exactly regret that I got it, because I just didn't know.

This young woman was obviously getting the flu shot for a reason. Maybe it was recommended by her dr. since she had an underlying infection (being on antibiotics for months is pretty extreme - for something simple like strep throat or a sinus infection, you take a 10 day course - so something was going on).

Also, how do we know that if she had gotten the flu, the virus would trigger the same response? We don't. Viruses affect people differently. There is evidence that people with certain viruses in their body are more prone to autoimmune diseases in some cases - the science is very new.

I don't think there is a right or wrong here, I can see both sides, my only point in posting is to highlight there are no easy answers with this stuff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the WUSA news report on Desiree's condition this evening and I think the misinformation represented in that news segment is unforgivable. Additionally, Desiree has a full face of makeup on in the segment (when she is being interviewed and also in the 'incapacited' video clips). Is her husband applying her makeup, or is she miraculously spared any muscle tremors/spasms during makeup application?

First of all conductor stupid of the moron express. Desiree live with another female, who if she wanted to could apply her makeup. Second of all, she can control her seizures and spasms to a point. Its not like she is totally cripple. She has random attacks, and she has developed tricks and work arounds to be able to carry out her daily life. She isnt stuck to the couch or incapacitated to a wheel chair.

Just isnt the same marathon runner, cheerleader, productive member of society, she used to be. Sometimes Desiree is totally normal and one wouldnt guess that she has Dystonia. Id be more than willing to bet she intentionally skipped her medication dose to shoe the area what this mind control "flu shot" has done to her. Swine flu was patented in 2008 by Medimmune. Go ahead and get your shot that they push to keep us all dumbed down. Pharmaceutical companies love the contracts and millions theyre making off of this crap vaccine for this synthetic virus.

I feel bad for the children of any parent that believes that this shot will help their kids. Rise up and take the power back.

How about just rising up enough to read that SHE DIDN"T GET THE SWINE FLU SHOT?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From how my Dr. explained vaccines they work in a herd mentality. If everyone is vaccinated it can erradicate certain illnesses. But if people stop vaccinating it starts to put cracks in the damn so to say. So you start mingling non-vaccinated kids in with vaccinated kids they can start making vaccinated kids sick. My doctor told me not to let my kids play with unvaccinated kids for that reason.

This is lunacy. You either misunderstood your doctor or your "doctor" is a quack.

[Anonymous]

I saw the mention of the antibiotics for Desiree Jennings, can anyone point me to the (or any) source for vetting that claim?

Thanks, Tim...

[Anonymous]

It was on written on her facebook page by someone and then later deleted.

[Anonymous]

who is Tim?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw the mention of the antibiotics for Desiree Jennings, can anyone point me to the (or any) source for vetting that claim?

Thanks, Tim...

Who is Tim?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw the mention of the antibiotics for Desiree Jennings, can anyone point me to the (or any) source for vetting that claim?

Thanks, Tim...

Who is Tim?

Some guy who asked the source of the info about the antibiotics. What's the answer to his question?