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FEMA. Yes, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, said in 2004:
This season's flu vaccine did little or nothing to prevent such flu symptoms as fever, cough or sore throat, says the first preliminary study of the vaccine's effectiveness. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say a survey of health care workers at The Children's Hospital of Denver revealed that the flu vaccine had "no or low effectiveness" against flu-like illnesses, which can be caused by a host of viruses.

I wrote to Dr Gerberding last year. And I never got an answer. I wrote to her media and public relations contact. And I never received an answer from them either.

It is quite apparent that America has an addiction problem. It's not addiction to nicotine, alcohol, heroin or crack, though. Americans are addicted to the medical community. Statin drugs, blood pressure medications, Cylert, Vioxx, Avandia, the list goes on and on. A search for the term 'drugs removed from the market' on Google returns hundreds of once FDA approved pills that were eventually taken away. It is a sad commentary on Americans and doctors in general when they hook an increasingly sedentary and obese population on drugs that they say are needed to control 'high' this and 'high' that. The middle-aged and senior community is actually our biggest drug abuser. They are hooked. You do not start on high blood pressure meds and cholesterol drugs and then get off them - you need them for life! And now our state representatives and so called health' officials are getting your children hooked even earlier. Soon, every child born will be issued a social security number AND a prescription card number.

The biggest scam going this time of year every year is the flu shot. Flu shot articles start appearing like Christmas decorations at the mall weeks before Halloween (and on the front page for some reason), and are peppered with words like 'grateful' and 'hype' to refer to the availability of this year's vaccine while 'panic', 'awful' and 'heartbreaking' are utilized to paint the picture of past year's vaccine shortages. These articles point out that the Department of Health advises only high risk individuals should receive the shot before 10/24. High risk is defined as seniors over 65, children under 2, those in long term facilities, pregnant women and health care personnel. So demand is increased by utilizing scare tactics and by marketing the fact that the vaccine may be in short supply. It feels like

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