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jammies · 11-01-2009, 02:55 AM

All this energy spent over a miniscule chance of dying. Most of us would probably gain far more life expectancy by eating better and exercising more.

I'm not getting the shot and I won't regret a thing if I do get the flu. Don't set up a false dichotomy in your head that the flu shot will "save" you from dying; it might save you from dying of *this flu*, but there's plenty of death out there waiting still. Safety is an illusion, and while a certain amount of thought about self-preservation is useful, the mass hysteria around this "epidemic" is way out of proportion to the threat.

11-01-2009, 02:55 AM	#855
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	All this energy spent over a miniscule chance of dying. Most of us would probably gain far more life expectancy by eating better and exercising more. I'm not getting the shot and I won't regret a thing if I do get the flu. Don't set up a false dichotomy in your head that the flu shot will "save" you from dying; it might save you from dying of this flu, but there's plenty of death out there waiting still. Safety is an illusion, and while a certain amount of thought about self-preservation is useful, the mass hysteria around this "epidemic" is way out of proportion to the threat. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.