tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post4038330601138135212..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Swine Flu Vaccine ConcernsThe Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-24835690358104196282009-10-22T07:52:28.414+01:002009-10-22T07:52:28.414+01:00Incidentally, Laurence, it would be as well to rem...Incidentally, Laurence, it would be as well to remember who owns Fox News. He also owns the Sun and and the News of the World - hardly renowned as guardians of the truth.Crux Fidelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949811845963570447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-22445960278684421612009-10-22T07:48:54.187+01:002009-10-22T07:48:54.187+01:00I always take medical scaremongering like this wit...I always take medical scaremongering like this with a large shovel of salt. Why are so many medical professionals taking the vaccine if it's so dangerous?<br /><br />Remember the Daily Mail's scare stories about the MMR jab? All proven to be totally without foundation as the Mail itself later admitted (albeit in two lines on page 9 rather than blazoned across the front page).Crux Fidelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949811845963570447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-32654360175123025722009-10-21T19:52:32.841+01:002009-10-21T19:52:32.841+01:00Vaccination - and herd immunity - is one of the mo...Vaccination - and herd immunity - is one of the most powerful forces acting against disease.<br /><br />Fearmongering like this will only lead to <a href="http://www.rage.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/03/2675448.htm?site=brisbane" rel="nofollow">disasterous consequences</a>, and it seems a cruel irony that you seem to consider yourself moral. FOX "News" makes a living of spreading this kind of reactionary, baseless crap - they don't need the help of gullible folk like yourself to amplify the damage they do.<br /><br />Also, how do you make the jump from "H1N1 vaccine" to "inject human embryos with animal DNA"?<br /><br />I join the remainder of your commenters in suggesting that you take the time to do some research rather than letting FOX guide your every thought, and despairing for your education.The Artful Nudgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440966450040172653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-16975040903398975922009-10-21T15:16:43.998+01:002009-10-21T15:16:43.998+01:00The Swine Flu vaccine is no different in its manuf...The Swine Flu vaccine is no different in its manufacturing processes than 'normal' flu vaccine - if you have the 'normal' one then there's no reason why you shouldn't have the new H1N1 'Swine Flu' vaccination.<br /><br />Regards mercury, this is down to an agent called Thimerosal which is a mercury-based preservative used in the manufacture of some influenza vaccines. It is possible to request a vaccine that hasn't used Thimerosal in its manufacturing process hence avoiding any trace amounts of residual mercury that might be present. <br /><br />In any case, one should also consider the absolute volume of mercury presence in food / vaccines: tiny amounts in terms of parts per million obviously result in greater quantities if you're consuming something like tuna than they do in a tiny vial of vaccine. The relative risks are very different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-9008145687801907042009-10-21T15:00:59.507+01:002009-10-21T15:00:59.507+01:00It is not beyond the bounds of possibility....I am...It is not beyond the bounds of possibility....I am currently 8 months pregnant and have been "strongly encouraged" to get the vaccine...despite the fact that the doctors don't want me eating tuna for fear of Mercury poisoning...makes no sense.<br />The UN has done some awful things with vaccines before...mostly in third world nations where sterilizing agents were included in vaccines without the knowledge of the recipients...some conspiracy theories are actually true.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-72722068146814865632009-10-21T13:11:32.845+01:002009-10-21T13:11:32.845+01:00"being given to pregnant women in a vaccine e..."being given to pregnant women in a vaccine even when they are not even experiencing symptoms of the 'swine flu'? I'm sorry, that doesn't sound like a great idea, but hey, who am I, who knows so little about medicine to express concern?"<br /><br />A vaccine is to <b>prevent</b> illness, not to cure it. Vaccinating someone who already has the illness (i.e. showing symptoms) is then too late. So obviously you vaccinate a person before they're ill. How much do you actually know about vaccines?<br /><br />If you're seeing a euthanasia issue in vaccinating those who are ill with other conditions so that they don't contract and die of swine flu, then I despair of your logic.<br /><br />The only alarm bell I have ringing - and I'm a mature Catholic by the way, who has been accepted for Seminary training - is that of credulity that someone might somehow try to link an effort to <b>protect</b> a population from a disease that could kill the weakest among them and some vague implication of eugenics!<br /><br />You're really groping for a conspiracy here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com