to manage stress plays a key role too. Your basic internal reaction to stress is to pri- oritize the systems of the body necessary for acute, in-the-moment action; the im- mune system does not make that list and is weakened accordingly when high levels of stress go unmanaged. So, if you manage your stress, your body is functioning prop- erly, and you eat well, your system should be strong enough to fight off the vast majority of pathogens, influenza included. As to the pressure exerted on the
public by those in favor of mass flu vaccina- tion who champion it as our collective best chance to prevent the flu, it is reasonable to expect a strong body of evidence in support of their position. So, does the flu shot’s efficacy establish well enough the widespread suggestion of its necessity? In an interview with Dr. Thomas Jef-
ferson, coordinator for the Cochrane Vac- cine Field in Rome, Italy, he stated that, in a thorough review of 217 published studies on flu vaccines, he found only 5% reliable. In other words, 95% of published flu vac- cine studies were considered flawed in his professional opinion and that their conclu- sions should be dismissed. In 2013, Dr. Peter Doshi of MIT and Johns Hopkins University published a devastating report in the British Medical Journal discrediting the official fear tactics about flu season. "The vaccine may be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and the threat of influenza seems to be overstat- ed," he said. If you simply evaluate the data offered
by the CDC over the past 12 years, the claimed-effectiveness of the flu shot has averaged out at less than 50%, bottoming out at a low of 10% and in 2015 professing to be only around 20%. Even in a year when the effective-percentage has topped 50% overall, the effectiveness for the more likely to be immunocompromised elderly population has been as low as 8%. Some studies have suggested 20% as the stan- dard instead of the exception. All such effectiveness studies, as pointed out above, have their issues and biases, meaning that even the ones that champion 65% effectiveness may not actu- ally be that effective. It is not a simple thing to study, especially when you take into account that flu vaccines do not protect you against the common strains of influ- enza to which you would generally be exposed today because they contain the
common strains of influenza from several months to a year ago; viruses adapt, so the strains you face now are rarely the same as the ones in the vaccine. If you do not get the flu and did not have the vaccine, the answer as to why is simple: your im- mune system was strong; if you do not get the flu and did have the vaccine, the an- swer as to why is not as simple – statisti- cally, it most likely was because your im- mune system was strong in the first place rather than from getting the flu shot. Next for your consideration is that the
flu shot ingredient list includes a wide va- riety of things that can actually suppress the immune system’s normal response, such as known carcinogens, allergens, and neuro-toxins, to which everyone reacts differently. It has been said that the flu is unpredictable; just as unpredictable are chemical concoctions put into the body, hence the frequency of adverse reactions not just to vaccines, but pharmaceuticals in general. Admitted side effects of the vaccine
range from low fever and chills to swelling where the shot was injected to headaches and Migraines to extreme fatigue to joint and muscle pain; yet it has also been known to cause major digestive issues, narcolepsy, intense vertigo, paralysis, and even death. If your exception to not get- ting the flu shot is getting the flu, then that is one thing; but if your exception to get- ting the flu shot is an adverse reaction causing paralysis or death, that is entirely another.
The supporting research is incredibly
weak, the effectiveness is scientifically unverified, and it presents with consider- able risks. Far more cons than pros exist for getting the vaccine. Meanwhile, a healthy lifestyle allows you to build a natu- rally strong immunity; and, make no mis- take, the burden of proof is not on the non-vaccinated to prove that they can build immunity without a flu shot; it is on the proponents of the vaccination to prove you need a flu shot to build immunity.
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