Yeah, might have something to do with it...
October 22, 2009 11:38 am ET by Jamison Foser
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Failing to derail the fear messages with facts is going to be deleterious to the nation's health.
And failing to debunk the people spreading those fear messages also has another effect. Their credibility should be lessened. Their fearmongering should be exposed. Because their distortions and omissions haven't been exposed, they'll get more credibility than what they deserve on the other big healthcare issue facing us today.
And when one looks at it, it sure appears that the reason Rush and Beck and Hannity are attacking vaccinations for the H1N1 flu is because they want people to question our government. They want people to fear what the govt recommends so that they'll be less likely to support the 'government run' public option.
Why is fear so often their modus operandi?
His big regret? That despite his best efforts, he infected his child. His child recovered too, after a week out of school. But who knows how many kids his child infected before the child realized he was contagious? When you get the flu, it takes a couple of days for you to get sick with symptoms, but it only takes a day or so for enough viruses to multiple in your body until you're shedding the virus with every breath you take.
If the doctor could change anything, he would have not infected his kid. The only way to insure you don't infect other people? To get vaccinated. Getting the flu and recovering only stops you from dying from the flu. Getting the vaccine stops anyone else from catching the flu from you and maybe dying.
up to 36,000 people die from the flu each year.
That is a .2% chance of dying from the flu.
The chance of dying from a flu shot is .0004% at worst,
and .00004% at best.
Do the math, make your choice. I have already had my normal flu shot. Even though I may not need it, due to my age, I will probably get the H1N1 vaccine if it is available.