Hi all and a special welcome to shammhawk!
I never once got the flu and after researching what ingredients are in the flu shots I would never get one but that's me. Everyone has to make their own choice.
Dr. Mercola writes articles and this is what he wrote about the flu vaccine:
http://www.drmercola.com/flu-shot/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-flu-shot-ask-dr-mercola/
"Pharmaceutical companies create different versions of the flu shot by guessing what strain of the influenza virus will be around to spread the flu a year in advance, which they collect from infected people from other countries.
They breed the virus cultures months before the onset of the flu season, develop the vaccine and begin distributing the flu shots WITHOUT any safety studies.
In short, anyone who gets a flu shot becomes an unwitting guinea pig!
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), most flu vaccines contain mercury in the form of thimerosal, some containing as much as 25 mcg of the global pollutant per dose – which is more than 250 times above the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety limit.
Mercury exposure is particularly dangerous to fetuses and babies because it can cause blindness, cerebral palsy, deafness, impaired development, learning disabilities, mental retardation and a reduced attention span, Dr. Joseph Mercola explains.
Mercury poisoning in adults, on the other hand, can involve a variety of symptoms, including disturbed sensation, sensory impairment, lack of coordination, extreme fatigue, fertility problems, memory loss, impaired blood pressure regulation, and neuro-muscular dysfunction.
But mercury is just one of the many dangerous substances found in the flu shot, which is virtually a witch’s brew of toxic ingredients, including: aluminum, a neurotoxin associated with Alzheimer’s disease; Triton X-100, a common detergent used in laboratories; phenol (carbolic acid); ethylene glycol or antifreeze; betapropiolactone, a disinfectant; nonoxynol, used to kill or stop growth of STDs; and octoxinol 9, a vaginal spermicide.
These ingredients may cause life-threatening allergies, neurological disorders, thrombocytopenia (a serious blood disorder), encephalitis (brain inflammation) and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a severe paralyzing disease which is fatal in about one in 20 cases.
Now that you have been warned, are you still willing to inject yourself with poison?"
I suggest that if you have the flu, start detoxing (instructions are in the New to Lyme? Start Here! sticky thread on top) and that will help.
Denise