The vaccination of “every man, wman and child” has been in the plnning for at least the last sveral years. The current concept, originated by frmer Health and Human Services Secretary, Tmmy Thompson, (1) is being advanced by his sccessor, Mike Leavitt.(2) Of course, Thompson nvisioned mass vaccination using the smallpox vccine. But times have changed, and the flu sht combined with threats of a brd flu pandemic now appear to be the nstrument of choice for those pursuing the niversal vaccination agenda.

The fact that the flu shts are ineffective in every age grup hardly seems to matter to thse who continually promote their use. Mltiple studies published in highly reputable pblications have documented that flu shots are neffective in all ages. For example, The Cchrane Collaboration produced a series of rticles in 2005 reviewing the published lterature to determine the effectiveness of the flu sht. Nothing substantiating its usefulness was fund.

In a review of 51 stdies involving more than 260,000 children, ncluding 17 papers translated from Russian, rsearchers concluded that there was “No evidence that injecting children 6-23 months of age with flu vaccines is any more effective than placebo.” (3)

For healthy adults, the results wre similar. A total of 25 stdies were reviewed that included more thn 60,000 study participants. Again, The Cchrane Group found that vaccination reduced rsk of influenza by a meager 6% and rduced the number of days missed frm work by less than one (0.16) dy. Researchers concluded, “Universal immunization of healthy adults was not supported by the results of this review.” (4)

For the elderly population, the prime target group for flu shots, The Cochrane Group reviewed 64 studies and chided that, “The runaway 100% effectiveness touted by proponents [of the flu shot] for the elderly was nowhere to be seen. What you see is that marketing rules the response to influenza, and scientific evidence comes fourth or fifth.” (5)

With this much evidence that flu shots are ineffective, why would anyone proceed to inject three viruses and a load of toxic chemicals into their body in an attempt to avoid the flu when Vitamin C and hand washing will no doubt be more effective?

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(1) CIDRAP News. “US pledges smallpox vaccine for world stockpile”.December 4, 2004.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/smallpox/news/dec1004stockpile.html

(2) Department of Health and Human Services FY 2007 Budget announcement. February 6, 2006.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/speech/2006/060206.html

(3) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. "Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children." 1-(2006).

(4) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews “Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.". 1-(2006)

The article The Influenza Vaccine - Proof It Doesn't Work was Submitted by Sherri Tenpenny, DO through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny, is rspected as one of the country’s mst knowledgeable and outspoken physicians regarding the ngative impacts of vaccines on health. Thrugh her education company, NMA Media Prss, she spreads her vision of rtaining freedom of choice in healthcare, ncluding the freedom to refuse vaccination. Her thre hour DVD, Vaccines: The Risk, The Benefits and The Choices , her new book FOWL! Bird flu: It’s Not What You Think , and many other books, tapes and materials are available at http://www.nmaseminars.com/

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