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Old 03-03-2011, 02:37 PM   #251
mikey_the_redneck
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Originally Posted by Ashartus View Post
Payouts by the vaccine court do not always mean the effect was caused by the vaccine (the standard of evidence is fairly low in the vaccine court). Besides, no one is saying there is no chance of adverse effects from a vaccine; only that the benefits far outweigh the risks. Generally when there are severe adverse effects, they are effects that are much more likely to be caused by the disease.

While the effectiveness of the flu shot is still subject to some debate, most of the recent data suggests that in young, healthy people it is pretty effective so long as it includes the right strains (maybe not so effective for the elderly though). Definitely way more effective than eating multi-vitamins and vegetables. And the link between Guillain-Barre Syndrome from flu shots is dubious at best; there was just the one vaccine in the 1970's where there was some evidence of a link, but that was likely due to bacterial contamination and vaccine production has changed a lot since then. There is no evidence of flu vaccines causing GBS since then. Getting influenza, however, has been associated with getting GBS.
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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