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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

SheilaT

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10. My recollection of the swine flu era

Reply to TZ (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 11:49 PM

Jun 2012

was that relatively few people actually got the vaccine. Then there was the thing about Guillain-Barre syndrome occurring because of the vaccine, which made even fewer people willing to get the vaccine.

Also, there was little or no genuine indication that the swine flu that year was likely to be deadly and dangerous.

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the WHO fucked up on the Swine Flu pandemic, and so it's a Big Pharma shill! [View all] Odin2005 May 2012 OP

I worked as a doctor with the WHO. laconicsax May 2012 #1

If the scientists had dismissed it and said there was no threat, that would be proof of shilling too TheWraith May 2012 #2

Can you elaborate for those of us who haven't been following Fukushima that closely? laconicsax May 2012 #3

I think this is all symptomatic of the rabid anti-intellectualism that abounds. trotsky May 2012 #4

I'm a programmer drm604 May 2012 #7

Yup. It's amazing how much CT folks are willing to ignore MineralMan May 2012 #8

I'm not so sure that it would have seriously affected the planet. drm604 May 2012 #9

BTW regarding swine flu TZ May 2012 #5

I have pointed that out before and I have given up trying... Odin2005 May 2012 #6

My recollection of the swine flu era SheilaT Jun 2012 #10

And by an amazing coincidence... laconicsax Jun 2012 #11

Yes, it really was a relatively low occurrence. SheilaT Jun 2012 #12

It's easy to make those appraisals after the fact. laconicsax Jun 2012 #13

At the time, one soldier, one person only, at Ft. Dix, got SheilaT Jun 2012 #14

immunity from the previous swine flu epidemic played a role TZ Jun 2012 #15

I'm guessing 1912 is a typo. It was 1918. SheilaT Jun 2012 #16