I have received seasonal flu inoculations 19 out of the last 21 years. I became sick with the flu in late December in both of the years in which I received no vaccine. As sick as I can ever remember being both of those times. Vaccines work.
This guy is a dangerous charlatan with no medical or scientific education or training. Visit this link for a much better assessment of him than I can provide:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/09/a_religious_loon_cant_even_wait_until_he.php
I am 60 years old and have never taken a flu shot. I've had the flu twice in my life, and found it to be no big deal. The vaccine doesn't seem to be worth the risk or the expense.
Vaccines work when they are made according to cGMP with properly validated processes, qualified equipment, and rigorous clinical trials. How many times has a drug formulation made it all the way to clinical trials before the manufacturer sh!tcanned it and went back to the drawing board?
I work in the pharmaceutical industry, in a plant that makes IV drugs. I won't be getting an H1N1 vaccination, nor will my family.
The vaccine was rushed to market, and I haven't seen where anyone has proven that the efficacy outweighs the side effects, especially among people who already caught the flu last fall before the vaccine was widely available. Which we did.
I didn’t even put 2 and 2 together at first but now that I see who it is, you are right. This health ranger guy is worse than that Tredeau(sp?) guy on TV. He is a medical luddite.