Swine Flu H1N1 Vaccine – Don’t Take It!
Swine Flu H1N1 in 1976
In February of 1976 a 19 year old recuit at Fort Dix, NJ fell ill and died. Two weeks later it was reported he died of H1N1 swine flu. Even though this flu strain wasn’t seen after March, the government decided to try and vaccinate every American against it. By October immunizations began and almost immediately 3 senior citizens in Pennsylvania died after taking the shot. All in all, the government vaccincated about 33% of the population and approximately 25 people died as a result of those vaccinations. Many thousands of others were sickened. I was one of those.
In 1976 I was a Navy flight instructor in Helicopter Training Squadron 18 (HT-18) in Florida. In the fall or early winter we were ordered to take the swine flu vaccine. By this time there had been enough of an uproar about the vaccination and its ill effects that none of us wanted to take the shot. We petitioned our commanding officer to not make us do it. He was a good Naval officer and a good man. He understood our concerns, but there was nothing he could do about it. He too was taking orders from above.
On the appointed day we were all vaccinated. The next day I was so sick I couldn’t get out of bed. I was sick enough to miss work for 3 days and after I was able to go back to work I wasn’t performing at 100% for 3 or 4 weeks.
There were 100 officers in HT-18. Of the 100 officers, 97 missed from 3 days to 2 weeks of work immediately after getting the swine flu vaccine. I don’t remember how many enlisted personnel there were but I would guess about 200 and I don’t remember how many of them fell ill because of the shot, but I think it was about the same percentage. A high percentage of the flight students also became ill.
Overnight an entire Navy squadron was rendered completely ineffective. An enemy could not have done a better job of incapacitating our squadron than our own government had. How many other military units were similarly affected?
Swine Flu H1N1 Vaccination Today
I’ve heard the talking heads say we now know more about enfluenza than we did then and the testing of vaccines is better. Don’t believe it.
Check out this article at www.medpagetoday.com: “FDA Likely to Approve H1N1 Vaccine In Advance of Data.”
Here are the high points:
- Trial data has yet to prove the safety and effectiveness of H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines
- Only one of the five companies seeking approval has started human trial
- Data will start coming in next month, and will continue through the early part of next year
- The World Health Organization wants to start vaccinating people in October
- According to FDA officials, approving a vaccine without safety data is actually not uncommon
- Seasonal flu vaccines are actually approved using the FDA’s “strain change” process, in which manufacturers actually don’t even have to provide information on whether the vaccines are safe-or if they even work
The full article is equally informative.
Basically, as in 1976, the government is just going to throw this vaccine out there. It’s trial-and-error on the American public. Why? Is there some clear and present danger? How many people have died worldwide of swine flu? Somewhere around 500. Did you know that 36,000 people die of enfluenza in the United States EVERY YEAR? So why the panic over the swine flu?
Maybe the swine flu will turn into a full blown problem by this winter – and maybe it won’t. In either case, I’m not going to line up to get jabbed with some unproven, untested, and possibly unsafe drug. Maybe you shouldn’t either.
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