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Some Still Refuse Flu Shot Amid Outbreak

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Updated: 1/10 7:08 pm
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Mid-South doctors are calling this one of the most severe flu seasons in recent history. Doctor's offices are swamped with patients. Despite that, a lot of people simply refuse to get a flu shot.

Memphian Warren A'Triplett is one of those that refuse. He told abc24.com, "I don't trust the shots." Triplett says his distrust comes from personal experience dealing with doctors. "They give you the shot one minute, the next minute they come back it's something wrong."

Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, an infectious disease specialist, says "The risk of not getting the shot is so much higher than the risk of not getting the shot."

Norman Chapman hasn't taken a flu shot either. Chapman says he decided against it after his friends told him, "They took the flu shot and they got the flu. That outweighs why doctors say you should get it."

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missy22 - 1/11/2013 9:08 AM
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Nah....just get the flu shot. Anybody who gets the flu shot and gets sick has already been exposed to the virus and was gonna get sick anyway. The flu shot is one of the safest vaccines ever. Any contaminants are gonna be on such a minute level, it's worth the risk. The flu kills gaggles of people every year. The 1918-20 flu outbreak killed more than 20 million people.

LadyJ68 - 1/11/2013 1:13 AM
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How many immunizations and medications have caused problems and been recalled over the years? And how many long term studies have been done on possible long-term effects of having toxins injected into the body every single year as is recommended with the influenza vaccine. Immunizations are an amazing thing, but the enormous increase in vaccine recommendations in recent years is alarming. Many of these immunizations contain many times more than recommended daily amounts of toxins such as aluminum. These amounts exceed allowable amounts in IV solutions. Certainly our bodies can handle certain amounts of toxins as we have an wonderous filtration system. But in excess, it would seem reasonable to think that we could be causing in some people diseases like MS or Alzheimers. Of course I am not saying immunizations are causing all of these disease cases, but I would not be surprised if it is some. When you repeatedly inject neurotoxins into the body, damage should be expected. For now, I am refraining from anything that is called for annually. The idea of injecting such toxins into my children every year for, what? 50 years, before they have early onset Alheimers?!? We just don't know enough yet, so no thanks. I am 35 years old and I have had influenza once. Should any arrogant medical professional wish to chastize me, please save it. For starters, DTP? RotaShield? There have been mistakes.
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