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60 minutes story about 1976 swine flu scare and serious side effects of vaccine
60 Minutes ^ | 1979 | Mike Wallace

Posted on 08/29/2009 12:49:59 PM PDT by VC42

CBS " 60 MINUTES" documentary on the swine flu epidemics of 1976 in the U.S. It went on air only once and was never shown again.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; flu; h1n1; influenza; swineflu; vaccine
Interesting story. I had never heard about this previous swine flu scare, or the serious (and poorly disclosed) problems with the vaccine.
1 posted on 08/29/2009 12:49:59 PM PDT by VC42
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To: ex-Texan

Ping


2 posted on 08/29/2009 12:52:58 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: VC42
Hmmmm...Who was president then?

Do you think the Totally Objective Journalists at 60 Minutes were trying to cover for their man, and decided it wouldn't be a good thing to show that government couldn't protect us from a virus?

I wonder about the possibilities our Totally Objective Media might be thinking about going the opposite direction now, or in the near future, to make a case for a Government Health Care plan as the only way to save us from a manufactured Swine Flu Epidemic. What do you think?

3 posted on 08/29/2009 12:57:11 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Auntie Dem

I remember getting the vaccine with a huge number of others at the Field House at Ohio State. If my memory is correct, Gerald Ford was president; it was just before the November elections.


4 posted on 08/29/2009 1:02:12 PM PDT by organicchemist
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To: Auntie Dem
Who was president then?

Gerald Ford

5 posted on 08/29/2009 1:02:46 PM PDT by AIM-54
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To: VC42

Downloaded for posterity. Thank you.


6 posted on 08/29/2009 1:03:54 PM PDT by Excellence (Meet your new mother-in-law, the United States Government)
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To: Auntie Dem

Could it have been Jimmah???

In my opinion this Swine Flu epidemic is a manufactured hysteria.

We ain’t seen nothing yet! Wait until the fall arrives with cooler temps. The Marxist MSM will be in full gear with the breathless reporting of H1N1 news.


7 posted on 08/29/2009 1:06:16 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Audit the FED NOW!)
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I got a swine flu shot in ‘76, and I had the absolute worst case of flu I have ever had before or since. I was sick for almost two weeks.


8 posted on 08/29/2009 1:07:53 PM PDT by Pelagius of Asturias
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Oh, forgot to add that I have never had a flu shot since, and I never will.


9 posted on 08/29/2009 1:09:26 PM PDT by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: VC42

Never had a flu shot, never will.
Hands off, Dr.Chicago!


10 posted on 08/29/2009 1:13:54 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (I am Sarah Palin. I am the NRA.)
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To: VC42

I remember being very worried about this. I took the flu shot while I was pregnant with my first child (the hospital assured me it was safe). Then the stories started coming out about problems. Fortunately my son was fine, but it was a cause for concern.


11 posted on 08/29/2009 1:27:02 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: VC42

I recall it very well. They were really getting us in a panic mode and my whole family got the swine flu shots.


12 posted on 08/29/2009 1:58:27 PM PDT by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences.)
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To: Pelagius of Asturias

Some got guille barre syndrome and have spent their lives sick ever since. One is a FReeper. Stay away from this.


13 posted on 08/29/2009 2:01:47 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: Auntie Dem

My mother in law was paralyzed from that 1976 vaccine, and hospitalized...and she almost died. The paralyzed effect eventually lifted after treatment with several weeks in hospital, and later she got Alzheimers and died.


14 posted on 08/29/2009 2:06:11 PM PDT by Kackikat (There is no such thing as a free lunch, because someone paid, somewhere.)
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To: Pelagius of Asturias

The same with me and most of my battalion. We were picked to be test subjects.
We were given the shots on a Friday. Saturday and Sunday was spent sick in bed. Most of us managed to make it to sick call Monday. The line was out the door, around the parking lot and down the street. A stack of forms was ready to take our information about side effects. It was at least a week before we were up and running again.
That was the last flu shot I ever took.


15 posted on 08/29/2009 2:27:18 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Pelagius of Asturias

Me too.. That was the last time I had a flu shot..and will NEVER have another one. I was also sick as a result of it.


16 posted on 08/29/2009 2:27:38 PM PDT by flash2368 (Scary Times)
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To: VC42

Bottom line from what I have been reading around the world. According to the Dr’s that say don’t do it... That it makes you eventually Autoimmune. In other words your body can’t fight off something as common as the cold. Thus, it eventually kills you.

I am not doing it. I will take that risk. BTW, I was looking at the WHO numbers it was only like 170 dead vs. the normal flu we know which is 36,000 (every year). I was shocked by the 36,000 number.

Nevertheless, I am not taking it.


17 posted on 08/29/2009 2:50:57 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Pelagius of Asturias

You are absolutly right..the only time my husband was sick enough to go to bed was right after a flu vaccination he got at work. It might have been in 76 also.


18 posted on 08/29/2009 2:54:01 PM PDT by goat granny
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