Posted on 12/06/2018 2:44:12 PM PST by NYer
A Las Vegas man lost his vision, became partially paralyzed and has been unable to breathe without assistance since getting a flu shot last month.
Shane Morgan and his wife Monique decided to get flu shots on November 2, believing it would help protect them and young family members ahead of the busy holiday season.
But what they thought was a pro-active measure turned to horror when Shane began losing feeling in his arms and legs.
“About 36-hours after he got the flu shot he started to get sick,” Monique explained to KSNV.
“I never dreamed that any of this could ever happen,” Shane told local media.
A Las Vegas Man lost his ability to walk, speak & see days after getting the #FluShot Doctors diagnosed him w/ Guillain-Barre syndrome a.k.a GBS. His family says the Flu shot triggered it & the CDC confirms a link, calling it extremely rare. Tune into @News3LV @ 6 for more. pic.twitter.com/TUNTBB1JJe
— Gabby Hart (@GabbyNews3LV) December 1, 2018
Doctors at Centennial Hills Hospital diagnosed Shane with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a known vaccine adverse reaction characterized by the CDC as an “autoimmune disorder in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerves, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.”
Monique blames the flu shot for triggering the adverse reaction, which has left Shane in need of a ventilator and a feeding tube.
“It’s the last time anyone in my family will ever get one,” she said, adding Sha
“The federal government has a designated fund to compensate victims like this guy.
Well the, guess the money will fix everything.
I once had a flu shot many years ago. Felt like I was going to die afterward. Sick as a dog. Never had one since and haven’t had the flu either.
“After I was circumcised, I couldn’t walk or speak intelligibly for almost 2 years!”
I think I went to the same doctor because I had the same symptoms :)
“After I was circumcised, I couldn’t walk or speak intelligibly for almost 2 years!
+1
I’m not lying. And it’s actually both.
Look idiot. You name call and and have zero grasp of the facts. You are truly dangerous and speak with false authority and no facts. It’s bad enough that you think you know what you are talking about but you conf across as s complete moron and calling someone who has well reasoned arguments dumb as a box or rocks makes you a complete jacksss. I sincerely hope your ignorance doesn’t cause anyone else harm. You are the worst of all things and uneducable ignoramus who is often wrong while never in doubt. Go back to your coloring books and leave the intellect and conversation to the adults in the room.
Flu shots are the biggest scam there is, and to top it off they are dangerous.
The flu shot can never work due to the very nature of the flu. If we knew what any years flu was going to be comprised of we could stop the flu forever. But you cannot, all it is a biological cocktail guess.
No offense, but whomever gets the flu shot is an fool.
That's the norm for stuff from Alex Jones and the Infowars crowd.
Speaking of which, I thought we couldn't post Alex Jones stuff on FR...
I’ll be sure to explain that to the idiots who didn’t get one and ended up in my ICU on the ventilator and life support.
That is true, but few people are even aware of the risk. Personally, I don't think otherwise healthy people should not get these kinds of shots. I certainly don't. Older folks, and those with shakier health might want to do so, but for me, I can deal with a few days with the sniffles in the unlikely event that I come down with it.
I have ulcerative colitis. I have always gotten flu shots, but after my shots in each of the last four years, I experienced serious flare-ups. I had to delay my shot this year due to two bouts of diverticulitis. I’m better now, but l’m not sure I dare to get a flu shot.
If a vaccination or a flu shot, or whatever, protects MILLIONS of people and fails or reacts in a few....you don’t stop taking it.....your odds are probably the same as getting hit by a car on your way home.....
DREAM ALONG WITH ME......the odds are overwhelmingly against her....did she get the polio vaccine?????, if not her parents are complete idiots....
If I wasn’t a cancer survivor, I wouldn’t be getting flu shots. Apparently nowadays, you’re considered not to ever be cured of the cancer; the cancer is simply dormant. A major illness like a case of the flu could trigger a recurrence, so I see it as in my best interest to get a flu shot. Same with the shingles and pneumococcal pneumonia vaccines, once my health insurance begins to cover them.
HAHAHAHAHA. Ya know, the same thing apparently happened to me, or so I'm told. I can't really recall.
gas_dr: I presume you’re either a gastroenterologist or an anesthesiologist by trade.
It’s a risk benefit scenario. If your vitamin d blood levels are therapeutic and you aren’t already on death’s door, stay healthy all winter (diet, exercise, sleep, vitamins) and your chance of dying from the flu is next to nothing.
If you get the flu shot without knowing everything about every aspect of your immune system, you have a greater risk of nasty sequelae from the flu shot.
Eventually, vaccines will be personalized according to each patient but this is still the primitive era where vaccines are given to everyone like in the 1950s. It’s wrong and there are huge risks. Most people won’t be affected but plenty will: either chronic sequelae or late in life neuro issues, unborn issues (flu shots are RECOMMENDED for poor fetuses through their mothers’ bloodstreams).
This poor man had no idea his unique internal situation was not a safe place for this injection. Neither do any of us. Unlucky and very sad.
You were in the military......sheesh, a minor reaction to a vaccination is not unusual but YOU DIDN'T GET THE FLU.....SEE
Your comments have just sealed you as a fool.
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