Vaccinations for Everything

In preparation for a pandemic of the Swine Flu (H1N1 virus), they're making lots of a new vaccine. The flu seems to strike the very young and some pregnant women, as well as people who are in poor health.

I remember how my mother got her shot every year and wound up hospitalized within a matter of days from the flu she'd been vaccinated against. I never took the shots and didn't catch it (knocking on wood!). What I don't get is why a pregnant woman would risk herself and her baby by being given a supposedly benign dose of anything that would put them in danger of dying from it.

It's like the new vaccine to keep women from getting cervical cancer. It's given to young girls and doesn't prevent all forms of the disease. Personally, I believe that regular Pap Smears are more effective that getting the shot and dealing with it's side effects. Not all women get cervical cancer! I did, but nobody else I know has had it.

These new drugs and cures can have side effects that are worse than the original ailment. My father-in-law, for example had to take a grocery bag filled with all his "meds" after trusting doctors. He took a pill to cure his back ache, then another to cure the side effects of the cure. He developed new problems for every one that was "solved" until he finally started having seizures! The vaccines he always took left him sick and dealing with more side effects. He was 78 1/2 when I found out what was happening to him. He could barely walk and used a walker to get around. It took about three months to get him off all the "meds" and he was able to get around under his own steam. The doctor-created infirmities had made him reclusive and afraid to go out in public. Now he spends time with family and friends and has a life again.

I'm not saying that you should never see a doctor. But do a little research beforehand and find out if there isn't maybe an herbal supplement that will do the job. Books like Medicinal Nature by Manda Spring can offer good guidelines.

If the "Health Care" boondoggle gets passed, you'll be in safer hands with an herbalist than bureaucrats.