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damwel
We'll I work in a disability center full of doctors and nurses that say you have been reading too many issues of the Weekly World News. You can't get the flu from a flu shot and although of course some people can have reactions to anything they would be so few and far between that to refuse to vaccinate a child over it is criminal.
catfishjoe
I have a 2 yr old and a 12 yr old and my wife and I fight every year about the flu vaccine. I'm against and shes for it. I haven't gotten one in years and only got the flu once.
orionthehunter
It's sad to hear that someone died after getting the flu shot. I do believe the flu shots have been saving thousands of lives each year. It's a matter of weighing the odds. Thousands die from the flu each year. The vaccine likely saves a lot of lives. I heard there is some mercury in the flu vaccine but it is not the type that causes brain problems. Could doctors be wrong? Of course they could. Maybe the wrong kind of mercury got in the flu shot. I do not know. I heard the vaccine without mercury is a lot more expensive and that enough people do not ask for it for it to be mass produced. I believe the vaccine could be made safer.
I got a flu shot and didn't notice much effect other than a sore arm for a day or two. I got vaccinated with the smallpox vaccine when I was a little kid and I heard a lot of people had serious reactions to that including death. They did it anyway because the alternative was to potentially suffer and/or die from something worse.
Grimpachi
reply to post by Akragon
For me to give her claim in credibility I would need to know if others were vaccinated from the same place and if they lived or died. There is always a possibility of there being a bad batch there is even a small possibility that one was contaminated though very small chance it does exist. If her son was the only one to die then I think other causes were at fault. What did the coroner’s report say?
I can certainly sympathize with the mother when losing a loved one it is human nature to try to find someone or something to blame.
damwel
We'll I work in a disability center full of doctors and nurses that say you have been reading too many issues of the Weekly World News. You can't get the flu from a flu shot and although of course some people can have reactions to anything they would be so few and far between that to refuse to vaccinate a child over it is criminal.
Rubinstein
Alzheimer's is linked to having had multiple flu shots