It's no secret that I'm against getting the H1N1 vax. I found this article very interesting and wanted to share.
My favorite part of the article:
That's why I've always stated a simple truth that still holds true today: People who seek out vaccine shots are the same kind of people who regularly play the lotto. Both decisions demonstrate a complete lack of understanding risk vs. reward. In fact, if you get a swine flu vaccine injection on the same day you buy a lotto ticket, you have a greater chance of buying a winning lotto ticket than being saved by the swine flu vaccine.
Playing the lotto is actually smarter than getting a swine flu vaccine shot. Plus, the lotto ticket won't potentially cause neurological damage that puts you in a coma or causes the spontaneous abortion of your baby -- both of which have been happening to people after receiving H1N1 vaccine shots.
The sad fact is that people are dying from this flu, but guess what, people die from the flu every year. The sensationalism of the swine flu is causing the news to report more swine deaths than seasonal flu deaths. Getting the public riled up and scared. Seems to be working in their favor. The numbers will be skewed. The ER's are not testing to see which "flu" you have, they just assume it's swine flu and tally you in to the count. I've heard more than one instance where a person has gone to a family doctor, after being told they have swine flu at the ER, to be tested to find out it's only the seasonal flu or no flu at all.
Anyway, there are far more deadly things you encounter on a daily basis. The swine flu is no big deal in the grand scheme of things.