Strap yourself in folks, it's a rant today!
Weather here in the Northeast has turned this week, and it's time to turn on the heat! With the leaves falling (are you a leaf-peeper? Then keep it to yourself!) - it's also time to consider that annual 'I have to get mine' - the Flu Shot.
Apparently, the mass hysteria about pandemics and the like are the curse of the modern-age. A couple of years ago, there was a flu-shot shortage which made people act as if they were rationing potable water. But this is also the reason people forward me e-mails about dangerous halloween candy with links to snopes.com. I have no sympathy for a hypochondriacal (nice one, Mr. Webster) world viewpoint!
(And just a reminder, anything you forward me is deleted. I have no time for your nonsense.)
In other words - if a pandemic was really going to happen - and let's think big here, like bubonic plague big, it will. You cannot stop it. Your flu shot is useless. It is based on infection agents that are a known quantity and we can control. Kind of like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
So, if you are really old or really young, a flu shot makes sense, since your immune system may be a bit less than adequate. For the rest of you whining and snivelling shells of humanity, suck it up, live a healthy lifestyle, put on some decent outerwear, and you should be fine.
Say No to Flu Shots!
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