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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
This (bolded) isn't true at all. People have gotten GBS under the last current swine flu scare. Didn't someone post a video of that girl who couldn't walk properly after having a swine flu shot? I don't remember if that was GBS or not, but clearly a neurological problem.
Out of $1.9billion being rewarded, you don't think any of the payouts were from legit vaccine damage?
As for my own personal experience, I would rather risk getting a harmless flu that lasts a few days, than taking even a slight chance at having complications from a vaccine.
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I didn't say none of the $1.9 billion was legitimate; just that due to the lower standard of evidence there is no way of knowing how much was.
People get GBS all the time. Just because some happened to occur within a few weeks of getting the flu shot doesn't mean that was the cause; the rate of GBS was not significantly higher than normal last year. If there is an effect, it is on the order of 1 in 1 million, compared to about 10 times that chance of getting GBS from the flu (
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/1/48.full).
If you'd rather get the flu than a flu shot, that's your choice (it's not mandatory), though calling it "harmless" is a stretch. Hopefully you don't come into contact with the elderly or immunocompromised if you're infected though.