On Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:05:24 AM UTC-6, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:43:20 -0600, wrote:
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> >http://www.infowars.com/pharmacies-p...dical-records/
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> >Pharmacies Profit from Dangerous Flu Shot, Disrupt Medical Records
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> >Lisa Garber
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> >Infowars.com
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> >September 24, 2012
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> >In 2011, Walgreen Co. brought 5.5 million people through their doors for
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> >influenza vaccinations�and was sure to give them coupons on the way out.
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> >Unfortunately, this seemingly benign marketing campaign could have
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> >bigger, more troublesome side effects. In addition to the
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> >ineffectiveness and even danger of many vaccines, receiving them at a
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> >pharmacy as opposed to a physician�s office disrupts medical record
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> >continuity.
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> >�From a quality standpoint, this cuts down on the continuity of care,�
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> >says Dr. Joel Shalowitz, medical group president. �There becomes no way
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> >of knowing when someone is due for a vaccination that they may need.�
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> >Attracting Customers and Money
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> >Meanwhile, the likes of Walgreen are raking in cash.
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> >Pharmacies generally administer flu shots for up to $32, while the
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> >actual dose costs private-sector buyers up to $16.72 (and as low as
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> >$9.50). Therefore, not only do pharmacies profit for the actual
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> >vaccination, they lure patients into the pharmacy to spend more cash on,
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> >for example, deodorant or contact solution. Rite Aid even offers people
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> >who receive their flu shot a booklet with coupons amounting to $100.
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> >The Affordable Care Act is even encouraging vaccination. Walgreen claims
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> >that only 1 of 10 of its customers will pay for their flu shot and
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> >insurance will take care of the rest. But the issue goes far beyond
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> >personal gain in profit. Vaccines are dangerous, and with local
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> >pharmacies offering up a jab, which are very often free during flu
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> >season, even more people are being exposed to the dangers.
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> >Dangers of Vaccines
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> >Unfortunately, most of us are blissfully ignorant of the dangers of many
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> >vaccines. Australian health officials eventually banned the flu shot
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> >after several children were hospitalized for convulsing after
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> >vaccinations, and in 2010 the American government admitted that the H1N1
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> >vaccine side effects included a deadly nerve disease, Guillain-Barre
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> >Syndrome. This, of course, didn�t stop health officials from continuing
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> >the push the vaccine on the public, even though it has been found by
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> >researchers in Vancouver to actually worsen H1N1 symptoms.
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> >To steer clear of the flu and harmful effects of the vaccine, try taking
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> >a sunscreen-free walk in the sun. Just 10 to 15 minutes daily of vitamin
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> >D3 can slash your risk of getting the flu by 42%. You could also start
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> >drinking green tea and following these other steps on how to prevent a
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> >cold and the flu. Your immune system � not vaccines � is the true
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> >fighter against the flu.
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> ># 2 -----------
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> >http://www.naturalnews.com/032558_fl..._wear_off.html
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> >The great vaccine marketing con: Annual vaccine shots
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> >The CDC is now engaged in the marketing of annual vaccination of the
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> >entire population. That's the game, you see: Convince people they need
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> >an annual flu shot just to stay healthy. It's a complete marketing con,
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> >of course, but it's necessary to keep the flu vaccine profit machine
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> >humming along each winter.
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> >In doing this, the CDC is now running a criminal marketing racket to
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> >falsely push vaccines as the solution even though flu vaccines simply
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> >don't work. For every 100 people vaccinated against the winter flu, by
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> >the way, 99 of them will experience no difference whatsoever in their
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> >flu outcomes. Even using the industry's own best evidence, flu vaccines
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> >are no more than one percent effective at actually preventing the flu
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> >(http://www.naturalnews.com/029641_va...k_science.html) -- and
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> >that's only during the first few months before they "fade out."
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> >One of the CDC's own vaccine scientists -- a man who received millions
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> >of dollars in grant money from the CDC -- was recently indicted by a
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> >federal grand jury for money laundering and fraud
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> >(http://www.naturalnews.com/032216_Thorsen_fraud.html). Check out the
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> >NaturalNews diagram called Poul Thorsen's Alleged Web of Fraud to see
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> >the complete web of deceit under which the key players of the vaccine
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> >fraud industry operate:
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> >http://www.naturalnews.com/files/Web...eged-Fraud.pdf
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> >The truth is that the CDC abandoned real science long ago and is now
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> >engaged almost entirely in infectious disease fear mongering and the
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> >wholesale prostitution of itself to the vaccine industry. The CDC has
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> >become to the vaccine industry what infomercial guru Tony Little is to
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> >exercise equipment. This is an agency that now functions as little more
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> >than the marketing branch of the vaccine giants.
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> >As part of that total prostitution of itself to the vaccine makers, last
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> >year the CDC even announced that virtually everyone should get annual
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> >flu vaccine shots, including pregnant women!
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> >#3 ----------
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> >http://wosu.org/2012/news/2008/12/17...for-retailers-
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> >number-of-vaccines-increase-so-do-number-of-deaths-from-flu/
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> >Flu Shots Profitable For Retailers; Number of Vaccines Increase, So Do
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> >Number of Deaths From Flu
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> >Influenza vaccinations are almost as easy to get as the flu itself.
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> >That�s because retailers, like grocery stores and pharmacies, took
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> >one-stop-shopping to the next level when they started offering flu shots
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> >on-site in the early 1990s. WOSU takes a look at the economics of the
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> >flu vaccine.
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> >The flu � fever, chills, muscle aches, lethargy, cough, headache � yuck.
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> >And that�s only if the infection is mild to moderate. Other people can
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> >develop complications like pneumonia. In rare cases influenza can be
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> >fatal. This is why Federal health officials recommend many of us get a
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> >flu shot. It�s supposed to be quick and painless � well there might be a
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> >slight pinch�possibly from the $20 to $30 it takes from one�s
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> >pocketbook.
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> >The Flu shot has become a big business for retailers. You cannot miss
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> >the signs saying �GET YOUR FLU SHOT HERE� at the grocery store or drug
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> >store.
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> >Retailers seized a flu shot opportunity after the Visiting Nurses
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> >Association had a lot of success administering the flu shot in grocery
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> >stores in the early 1990s.
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> >Ann Paulins directs the School of Human and Consumer Sciences at Ohio
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> >University. She said there are a number of reasons why retail chains
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> >offer the flu shot � the bottom line is one of them. And in a recession
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> >when prices are increasing and consumers are watching every dime
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> >retailers are even more conscious of it.
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> >�Certainly all companies, retailers, need to be aware of their bottom
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> >line. So it is a particularly wise strategy to think about what do
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> >consumers need? What will consumers be willing to pay for? And can we
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> >offer that and can we promote it in a way that we�re selling the product
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> >as opposed to our customers going to a competitor for that product,� she
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> >said.
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> >For grocery stores, which operate on thin profit margins for food, flu
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> >vaccines are an excellent source of revenue and profit.
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> >Kroger Grocery stores and CVS pharmacies each plan to administer one
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> >million doses this year � nationwide.
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> >Neither Kroger nor CVS would disclose how much they pay for their flu
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> >shots. But the average wholesale price of a single dose of flu vaccine
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> >is about 12 dollars. Kroger sells the shots for $24.99. CVS charges $30
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> >bucks. So if we do the math�with a million does sold�each chain�s
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> >profits could be between $13 and $18 million. And profits are likely
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> >higher if the retailers get volume discount rates from the vaccine
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> >manufacturers.
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> >Widespread use of the flu shot has surged in the last two decades. The
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> >number of flu vaccines produced since 1988 has increased 530 percent.
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> >The nation�s population only increased 25 percent in that same time
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> >period.
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> >Curtis Allen speaks for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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> >in Atlanta. Allen said one reason for the increase is manufacturers
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> >realize there�s a market for flu vaccines. He said another reason is
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> >there are more people that need to be vaccinated.
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> >�We�re learning more about the potential complications of influenza and
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> >the science is growing, and as the science grows we recognize that there
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> >are more people who should be vaccinated than have been vaccinated in
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> >the past,� Allen said.
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> >Doctor Jacob Teitelbaum is an internal medicine physician and graduate
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> >of the Ohio State University Medical School. Teitelbaum, who recommends
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> >the flu shot, said there�s a perfectly good reason for the large
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> >increase in flu shot production.
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> >�How did the Pink Floyd song go? Money, money, money. I mean, fear
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> >sells. And if there�s a buck to be made, especially in medicine, it�s
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> >going to be made,� Teitelbaum said. While more of us are getting the flu
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> >shot, the percentage of the population that dies from the flu has
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> >actually increased. While still very rare, flu deaths are up 44 percent
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> >since the late 80?s.
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> >Allen said the CDC predicts about 36,000 people will die from flu or
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> >complications this year. But he said some scientists think that number
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> >is a conservative one.
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> >There are a number of reasons, Allen said, why the number of flu deaths
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> >is increasing. He said the U.S. has more people over the age of 65 than
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> >ever before, and seniors are more prone to get the flu and develop
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> >life-threatening complications. And he adds not every one who needs to
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> >get a flu shot is doing so.
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> >�Even under the best of circumstances we�re vaccinating well less than
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> >50 percent of the people who should be vaccinated,� Allen said.
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> >Dr. Tietelbaum agrees that an aging population accounts for the
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> >increased number of deaths from flu, but only partially. He adds for the
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> >first time in U.S. history people are obese and malnourished. And he
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> >said if a person is vitamin deficient the flu shot will not work.
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> >�I think the increased death rate has to do with the American public in
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> >general having poor nutrition and poor immune function. I think those
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> >statistics are ignored because no one wants to question vaccinations,�
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> >he said.
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> >And picking the right flu vaccine is not always easy. Last year millions
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> >of Americans opened up their wallets for a flu vaccine that did not
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> >match the viruses that were going around. Every year, health officials
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> >make an educated guess on which flu strains they think will circulate
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> >that season. Allen said the 2007 vaccines were mismatched.
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> >But he said the flu shots were not totally in vain. He says despite the
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> >wrong combination, the vaccine was about 50 to 60 percent effective. And
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> >Allen said the flu is likely to be less severe if it�s contacted after
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> >receiving a flu shot.
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> 'Nuff said. . . it's a conspiracy theory ;o))

You don't need a degree in economics to understand how foolish it to not get a flu shot.
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> Janet US

--Bryan