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Counties urge H1N1 vaccination as third wave looms

Original post made on Feb 12, 2010

County public health officials are asking residents to get vaccinated against H1N1 flu as soon as possible as a third wave of the virus is on the horizon.

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Comments (7)

Posted by Say No to Flu Vaccine
a resident of Mountain View
on Feb 12, 2010 at 3:58 pm

There is absolutely no need to take the H1N1 vaccine.. It has mercury in it and it is not recommended to inject into the human body.. If you really want to protect yourself.. Take liquid vitamin D3 and a nano liquid silver solution that has been proven to kill all viruses as well as Anthrax...

To your health & safety!!


Posted by Bill
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 12, 2010 at 4:09 pm

I cannot believe that the wingnuts are willing to risk the lives of their children just because that drug abuser Rush Limbaugh says to.


Posted by Anon
a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 13, 2010 at 11:28 am

Recently, the study showing a weak tie between autism and vaccines was completely debunked and the study withdrawn. Millions of dollars have been spent looking for a link-- and no such link has been found. There is no evidence that vaccines are unsafe. Children usually take the FluMist form, which doesn't even have the risk of being stuck by a needle.

In contrast, somewhere around 20 people in Santa Clara county have already died of H1N1 (somebody can find the exact number online). It sure would be too bad if another child needlessly died of H1N1 because their parent/guardian was worried about the results of a study that was WITHDRAWN.


Posted by Anon
a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 13, 2010 at 12:26 pm

As a followup, I checked the CDC web site. Current estimates are 11,600 deaths in the US due to H1N1. Obviously, vaccination is not risk free either -- there is some risk that, for example, you might die while driving to get vaccinated (this is the largest vaccination risk). 11,600 predominately younger people represents a fairly large risk to children. The good news is that regular seasonal flu is down this year so far.


Posted by I See The Black Helicopters Too!
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 13, 2010 at 8:29 pm

Say No To The Flu Vaccine:

"Take liquid vitamin D3 and a nano liquid silver solution that has been proven to kill all viruses as well as Anthrax..."

Just make sure that the "liquid" doesn't contain fluoridated tap water - it's a communist plot to poison us with hazardous waste, you know!


Posted by methodical to a fault
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 14, 2010 at 6:26 pm

"Recently, the study showing a weak tie between autism and vaccines was completely debunked and the study withdrawn. Millions of dollars have been spent looking for a link-- and no such link has been found."

I've read this in the media so often, I decided to read some of the papers for myself. What I found was no so much a disproving of a link between vaccines and autism as a fairly convincing lack of connection between mercury in the vaccines and autism -- it's not the same thing. Unfortunately, when this issue is reported about even in trade media, the two issues are confused so much, it undermines my trust in the validity of the conclusion.

In fact one very large study in Europe concluded no relationship between vaccines and autism, noting that the rates of autism elbowed up right when mercury was removed from their vaccines. To me, that's an interesting ecological link that should be investigated. Since mercury is a preservative, it makes me think that a possible link between occasional microbial contamination of vaccines and autism has not been fully explored. I have seen no papers to date that convincingly rule this possibility out, and several that suggest (through study design, not overtly) that it's a possibility.


Posted by Polly Wanacraker
a resident of Professorville
on Feb 16, 2010 at 5:27 pm

"Take liquid vitamin D3 and a nano liquid silver solution that has been proven to kill all viruses as well as Anthrax"

Are you sure about that recipe? Although people who poison themselves to death definitely do not get the flu, I think I'll take my chances with the vaccine.


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