I know someone at CDC... I asked him if this was all hype. He obviously thinks their work is very important, but he admitted that fewer people were dying from this flu than from the usual flu that comes every year.
I think they were using this as a test case, like a war game, testing out their procedures for responding to a bio attack.
But really, I think this was quid pro quo to the pharmaceutical companies who were big donors. And I think they are laying the groundwork to be able to legally oblige people to take a vaccine. They generate a panic and then the sheriff accompanies the public health team coming to your jobsite. This isn’t about health but about establishing a legal precedent. I think.
For my part, I’ve never had a flu shot in my life. Most years I don’t get sick at all. Once every few years I might have some flu-like symptoms for a couple of days; you go to bed and drink liquids and in a day or two you’re fine.
The sad thing is, I can’t say if you’re right or not. It’s entirely possible.
My wife got both shots this year, normal influenza and H1N1 vaccines. I didn’t get either. She got ill three times between one and three weeks each. She exposed me to it.
I didn’t get sick once.
That’s life. LOL
Thanks for the inside on the CDC Marron. I think the CDC and the NIH did more damage to their credibility than they have any idea.