Just Get Your Flu Shot!

"Everybody is concerned that the evidence itself might be sometimes falsified by the medical industry," says doctor in BMJ "swine flu" letters section"

Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich,
Private Practice
Bribie Island, Australia
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"Well blow me down .
The swine flu is BAD, we must all shiver at the mere thought and we had better listen to the experts."

"If the vaccine is so safe I would suggest that the manufacturer voluntarily accept liability again; if the flu is so terrible why are we seeing so few victims?"[emphasis added]

"The experts use colourful words to support their scaremongering, "a thousandfold" could only be aimed at a nation of really dumb sheep."

"With experts like these who needs to have common sense?
Another thought comes to mind, why not lead by example and have the experts be first in line, you know, roll up the sleeve....."

"Competing interests: None declared"

Swine flu and the public trust24 September 2009

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Dr Artur P Bartosik, MD,
Independent Complementary Medicine Consultant
www.psychosynergy.com Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 4RW
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Re: Swine flu and the public trust

"I find the recent debate over the safety of swine flu vaccinations very worrying. I think that not only the safety of the public health is at stake but also the public trust in health services, in general."

"Evidence based medicine was a guideline for all members of the public on how to go about their health problems. Now, everybody is concerned that the evidence itself might be sometimes falsified by the medical industry. Do we have effective democratic mechanisms to make sure that the results of all medical scientific studies are totally independent and safe for the public?"

"The public trust in the recent years has been seriously damaged by several political decisions including health care decisions and the internet is booming with criticisms from all sectors of the society worldwide. Young people in Poland and other European countries deliver self-printed leaflets door-to-door warning members of the public against swine flu vaccinations. I think that no pandemic regulations or even a martial law will be able co control the situation if we are really in trouble."

"I think that evidence based medicine sometimes forgets about our natural abilities to withstand any disease, the psychological placebo effect in its own right and our collective mind and collective psychological defense mechanisms. It might be "thousandfold" safer to put some serious money in promoting democratic institutions supervising the medical industry and the decision makers than to rely on mass media and socio-technics."

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Crying wolf25 September 2009

Joan McClusky,
Medical writer
New York, NY 10003
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"Every autumn, millions of people--including me--get a regular "flu shot." Anyone who's had a miserable bout of the flu in the past often needs no other inducement.
But the way swine flu, and a vaccine to prevent it, have been handled has overtones of PT Barnum that lead many to ask, "why the overkill?"

"WHO decided to redefine "pandemic" to reflect spread rather than severity. And suddenly the news was full of images from around the world of travelers being screened, face masks worn in pubic and other images supporting the description of an "hysterical reaction" --particularly since swine flu does not seem to be particularly dangerous or to spread any more rapidly than any other type."

"And that seeming hype is followed by more urging vaccination.
The public is reacting in the well-characterized fashion of those within hearing range of the boy who cried wolf. And the internet makes listeners of us all.
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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DOCS 2009-10-07 22:01:14

"Too right Docs leaflets out posters up, boxing gloves on. We don't want this vaccine its not needed its unsafe the world knows it Although there is still some sheeple out there who think thier GOVERNMENT LOVE THEM ahhhh BLESS" "Look at all the money they've spent on trying to poison the world they could have used that money to get ON A ROCKET to the MOON the "lot of them" and be there in time for when NASA BOMB the MOON this Friday LOL"

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