Honestly, I’ve never had one. Until I had children, it wasn’t even on my radar that a healthy, young person would or should get a flu shot. I’m sure you have been told all the reasons why you *should* get an annual flu vaccine, but are you being offered any
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I could pretty much sum up everything about flu shots by pointing out one thing: they’re free. Nothing in life is free! There is always a cost, or a price. The cost to fast food is the bloating in your stomach, or your diabetes or high blood pressure. The price
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With all the debate surrounding whether or not to mask up–what can we glean from lessons of the past? Did masks prevent the spread of the 1918 Spanish Influenza? Experts examined the evidence and concluded masks failed to control infection. Given that we know from autopsies that: “The majority of
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Remember to get fresh air daily. Back in 1918 when the Spanish Flu was spreading across the globe, many doctors knew that fresh air would aid in the recovery process. In Halifax, Yorkshire, a doctor smashed a window with a rolling pin, and he watched his gasping patients immediately begin
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A four-year-old Colorado boy recently died in the hospital of influenza and parainfluenza, but instead allowing a family to mourn the loss of their sweet boy, NBC writer Brandy Zadrozny, known for previous hit pieces on other bereaved mothers, like Catie Clobes, writes a hit piece on the mother alleging
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Every year around this time a slew of news stories comes out about young infants who die of vaccine-preventable diseases, which is a devastating tragedy. The thought of a brand new baby dying from anything preventable is simultaneously infuriating and heart-wrenching. Unfortunately, these stories don’t take into account that vaccines
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It’s very simple: inflate the number of flu deaths to circulate fear, and sell more vaccines. Vaccinated people shed and spread virus, which causes more infections, and more deaths, which sells more vaccines. It’s a great marketing campaign, but is this ethical, and is the 80,000 number even true? The
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This is my anti-cold go to. I love it, but more importantly my kids love it–need I say anything more? The minute they get a sniffle they ask for this drink. Tummy ache, they ask for this drink. The next day, no more sniffles! Ten minutes after the drink, she’s
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Raise your hand if you have ever read a scientific study? Or even looked at one. Scientific studies are these megaliths of information. They can be tedious to read, difficult to understand–after all, they are their own completely unique language. To a lay person, like me, we need other people
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I don’t know if you’re a glass half full kind of person, or a glass half empty kind of person, but a vaccine that is 48% effective does not sound remarkable, especially given the side effects that can come from the flu shot. According to the CDC’s most recent Seasonal
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