Please "push back" against mandatory swine flu vaccinations

I am so glad I live in Canada, where for the most part, we seem to be able to run under the radar on many things, although I have to say that PM Harper acts so much like Bush at times, I keep a wary eye out for his tactics, especially where my health is concerned.  The recent centralization of our health-care records has given me some concern, but since I rarely visit a doctors office, and I DON'T have a regular doctor and haven't had one for nearly three decades, I'm not easily tracked by the health-care system (even if I have a health-card).

Across the last 10 years or so that 'flu' vaccines have been available for the asking, especially for anyone with a chronic condition or for the elderly, I have NEVER had a shot, and I rarely (maybe once every two or three years) get more than a sniffle.  I can field tomatoes every year, and at the first sign of an upset stomach, I heat up a soup dish of them.  They have something in them that settles the stomach and tends to stop stomach flu virus' in their tracks. If you already have the flu, it might take a couple of doses to keep them down, but they will work faster than anything else I know to stop both vomiting and diarhea.  I rarely use OTC medicines for anything.

I hadn't considered to get a shot this year either - I have an allergy to eggs, and since the virus is cultured in eggs, an earlier clinic doctor I asked about this, actually advised me NOT to take the shot, but just do the best I can to avoid getting the 'flu'.  My daughter DOES take the shot regularly, though, as she is asthmatic, so I will definitely give her something to think about before she opts for this one.

A thought occurred to me while reading some of the comments on Catharine's blog, though, and that is the urgency with which Pres. Obama is pushing Universal Health Care.  On it's own it would be a good thing, I think, but if it were used to make this vaccine more readily available, rather than people having to pay for it because their HMO doesn't cover it, then at least a part of the conspiracy theory fits in there.

I have read elsewhere, at the outset of this “swine flu” outbreak, that it appeared to have been purposely created to do something drastic.  Given that ordinary flu kills many more people than this particular H1N1 flu virus on a yearly basis, I think the government controlled media has been pushed to hype this to the point of making people afraid NOT to get vaccinated, when there is enough to go around.  That only 20% of the US population would fall under the category (mostly the elderly and people who already have compromised immune systems) the likelihood of killing off segments of the population that cost the health-care system more does tend to lend some credability to the “depopulation” theory, though.  Thinking this might be a really good topic about which to have a discussion with “The Herald”.  Maybe even a teleconference call…..
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