Posted on 04/02/2020 11:19:32 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Guest Piece by Gregg Updike I am prefacing this with the acknowledgement that I am not a medical professional or expert. I am just trying to apply some common sense to what we see happening in this current Wuhan Virus pandemic.
Just six or so months ago that there was a huge debate about how a large anti-virus movement was coming to the forefront where a significant percentage of the population was virulently against government mandating vaccinating their children for the standard diseases like measles and other largely eradicated diseases like polio and whooping cough. The debate was raging back then with my Senator, Lamar Alexander (RINO) TN, calling for people to heed government warnings and vaccinate their children. Now I am hearing crickets on this issue and almost everyone seems to be saying we MUST have a COVID-19 vaccine ASAP, but best case scenario is 12-18 months – which would not even be in time for the next active winter (2020-21) season.
It is amazing how many vaccinations are available at a drug store right now. A shingles vaccine is among the newest that I’m aware of. Like everything in life, things have to be used in moderation. Apparently Big Pharma is behind this movement to push vaccines for virtually every ailment. The only vaccine I take is for tetanus every ten years because I work in an environment where I could be exposed.
When I was in the Navy, I was forced to get a flu shot ever year, and I got sick with flu-like symptoms about half the time. Recent figures that I have heard say on average the ‘government approved’ yearly flu shot is only about 30-40% effective – not a very good ‘success’ rate. I refuse to inject my body with a cocktail of chemicals of unknown effectiveness just because the government or CDC says I should. While I am a strong proponent of taking logical preventive care, I do not believe becoming a CDC pincushion is the answer to overall good health.
I am very thankful and fortunate to be in good health and not susceptible to viruses including the flu and common cold, and the various vaccinations are beneficial to many, the typical government one size fits all is the answer to every problem or disease is unlikely to work in this case. Especially when there are so many strains (why it is called COVID-19?) of this China Virus and why there are so many flu strains that change from year to year which require the tuning of the vaccine to effectively counter whatever flu strain is prevalent or active in a particular year. It really is a crapshoot as to how effective a flu vaccine is going to be in a given year which is why we still experience 30-60,000 ‘regular’ flu deaths annually.
COVID-19 will likely be no different, especially if it changes from year to year. What if we get a COVID-19 vaccine and we all get shots for it next year – assuming by some miracle, the CDC develops one and the FDA approves it and it is universally available for next year’s season, and COVID-20 is the next threat? Aren’t we then back to square one?
I also understand the experts are always trying to anticipate which flu strain will be active in the next season, but given a 30-40% success rate on the ‘ordinary’ flu vaccination, I’m not terribly confident in the CDC’s ability to anticipate the correct COVID strain on a yearly basis – particularly if some (bad actor) adversary decides to inflict another round of biological warfare on its economic or ideological rivals. This is not meant to be a shot at the efforts of the CDC; it is just the reality of how difficult it is to fight the unknown.
One of my concerns is if we keep inoculating ourselves with more and more unnatural drugs or chemicals, we will upset our bodies’ natural ability to combat many other bugs that we fight off normally and naturally with a great degree of success. We may well set in motion a teeter-totter effect in our bodies much like an addict needs to take uppers to stay awake, and downers to go to sleep resulting in a vicious cycle that could have a much more negative effect than if the vast majority of people would just take normal common sense care and allow our bodies to heal themselves.
Another concern is that we will begin seeing this ambulance chasing lawyer’s commercials in five years:
“If you have received shots containing the Anti-COVID-19 drug ABC produced by drug company XYZ, between 2021, and 2022, and have suffered itchy watery eyes, runny nose, chapped lips, excessive underarm perspiration, split hair ends, cracked nails, groin itch, and athletes’ foot, call the law office of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe and we’ll sue (extort) the ever loving Schiff out of them on your behalf with no cost to you unless we win for you”. It could be another lottery day for another profession that needs to be reined in.
And about these lawsuits against companies that manufacture FDA or EPA approved products – how come the governmental approving agency is not sued, or held accountable for the resulting damages? Why does a company such as XYZ, who spent the time and took the monetary risk to get a working product produced and approved by the government, have to ALWAYS face the repercussions of crippling lawsuits when they played by the rules and through no malice on their part, constantly run the risk of getting screwed by our system of injustice?
I suspect that is one of the main reasons over 90% of our drugs are produced in CHINA.
I am not looking to hold a pity-party for Big-Pharma, or any other company – just looking to be fair and objective.
That is all.
Betting on any Democrat to aid in this crisis would be an even bigger gamble.
Yup - betting on a vaccine over the next 12 months is folly. In the next 24 months would be 50/50.
After our good judgment prompts us to eliminate all information that has come from the media, is there anything left to this virus?
Not sure I buy into all that is being said here but I found this comment extremely interesting —
“And about these lawsuits against companies that manufacture FDA or EPA approved products – how come the governmental approving agency is not sued, or held accountable for the resulting damages?
Why does a company such as XYZ, who spent the time and took the monetary risk to get a working product produced and approved by the government, have to ALWAYS face the repercussions of crippling lawsuits when they played by the rules and through no malice on their part, constantly run the risk of getting screwed by our system of injustice?”
The fact of the matter is, you will be given the choice-get a vaccine or don’t go to work.
$2 trillion is a lot of money down the hole. Any efforts to mitigate that will likely come down to giving you the “freedom” to make a personal choice.
You don’t want a vaccine, don’t expect to be employed unless you go into business for yourself.
Just where I see it going. I understand anti-vaccine sentiment even if I don’t agree with it, but when it comes to the point we really do have trucks going down streets to pick up bodies, my guess is that those vaccine reservations will go out the window for normal people.
If we had polio or something like it today that could put your child in an iron lung, my guess is most parents would get the vaccine.
I’ve bought groceries four times in four different stores and got the sniffles each time here in Florida.
It took me 20 hours to get over my last infection.
The virus spreads through grocery store air.
Does he know you stuck his material on your blog?
The vaccine industry is the government medical establishment main line of trying to get us to heat them and spend lots and lots of money
Vaccines are at best somewhere effective and at worst debilitating
You’re much better off using methods of not getting sick or combating bugs when they start to get you rather than try to inject government approved DNA strands and adjuncts
This is especially true for small children of which many’s lives are ruined due to overzealous use of vaccines
The debate on this is not out there’s a five to $10 billion fund to pay off the parents his children’s lives were ruined
the fact that government agents and their proxies in media zealously try to paint everybody is a “anti-VAXxer ” says all you need to know
This is a liberal mantra theme and in their typical methodology they don’t even want to have a mature debate on the subject
Unfortunately for us even conservative commentator’s because they have no understanding of the facts on this matter or the science all fall right into lion saying we need a vaccine! Over and over
It’s a very sad state of affairs but it’s not going to change anytime soon
Nonsense. A vaccine will be out and millions upon millions of dosages will be distributed within six month around the globe. If there is an effective vaccine used globally, the US will fold (smartly so).
One of the vaccine that will be out way before then.
March 15th quote:
“Given the urgent global need for a human coronavirus vaccine, we are doing everything we can to accelerate development,” MIGAL CEO David Zigdon said. The vaccine could “achieve safety approval in 90 days,” he said.
China will be distributing a vaccine this month. Before you laugh, it is a knockoff of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Phase I testing now. Johnson & Johnson are so sure of approval they are mass producing the vaccine now.
“According to our estimates, we are hopeful that in April some of the vaccines [that are being developed] will enter clinical research or they would be of use in emergency situations.”
China allows vaccines developed for major public health emergencies to be deployed for urgent use under specified conditions.
Interesting
All you people who believe that the government gets to force medical treatment can go eff yourselves. Some of us put in the time and effort and $$ to keep ourselves healthy. If you live stupidly and refuse to take basic natural steps to protect yourself, you don’t deserve to live in a free country.
Tired of a bunch of unhealthy fats POS (over half the population here in US) lecturing me on health. Take your vaxx and shove them where the sun don’t shine.
> I’ve bought groceries four times in four different stores and got the sniffles each time here in Florida.
Time to start wearing a mask.
Bill Gates will loose his fortune !
Well at least he can learn to code ....
No thanks.
"“If you have received shots containing the Anti-COVID-19 drug ABC produced by drug company XYZ, between 2021, and 2022, and have suffered itchy watery eyes, runny nose, chapped lips, excessive underarm perspiration, split hair ends, cracked nails, groin itch, and athletes’ foot, call the law office of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe and we’ll sue (extort) the ever loving Schiff out of them on your behalf with no cost to you unless we win for you”. It could be another lottery day for another profession that needs to be reined in. --"
You sound as much like a tyrant as you accuse the government of being.
Good thing you don’t actually have any power, so be tired.
Perhaps there is an issue of reading comprehension.
I am against mandatory vaccination and am weary of all the unhealthy pre-diabetic, 3 prescription per day idiots who have never lifted a finger to maintain their own health naturally, who are here and elsewhere telling us vaxx should be a pre-condition to employment.
“3 prescription per day idiots who have never lifted a finger to maintain their own health naturally,”
Well, let’s see, I am a 5 prescription per day idiot. I’m a diabetic who has had two heart attacks.
Not too long ago, I used to inline skate 30 miles a day, every day. Worked out 7 days a week, 4 with weights, 3 just using gravity exercises. Also walked three German Shepherds another two miles each day.
I’m still a diabetic with heart issues despite all my efforts.
I love being generalized by your broad brush. You know me pretty well it seems like not.
JNJ just said yesterday it wouldn’t even start human trials for 9 months.
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