Flu Season Worries?
Originally published at Sacred Pathways Doula Services. Please leave any comments there.
Flu season always gets people worried. Those with asthma or other health risks especially so and, of course, pregnant women. However we have to really start looking more closely at the vaccines that are put out for the flu. For example there is the big misconception that the flu vaccine you get every year is for that year’s flu, but it isn’t! It’s for the last years flu, and usually it’s effectiveness isn’t very good. In fact many people find that once they get the flu vaccine, not too long later they develop the flu! Why is this? Well, by getting the vaccine you actually cause your body to go into an immune response. For many people this means that their normal immune system is weakened, making us susceptible to this years flu as well as other bugs.
Now of course many of us likely know that, but what we may not consider is the additives in the flu vaccines. There is thimersol (otherwise known as Mercury), formaldehyde, aluminum (a neuro toxin), and usually a variety of other questionable ingredients. Now while the amount of these in a vaccine may not be anything for a full grown adult to worry about (Though there have been -no- studies since the 1920s on Thimersol safety, and NONE on Aluminum)…what about our developing babies? When we take an adult dose of anything it is usually tens to hundreds of times more than an infant or even a fetus’ dose would be. What could these be doing to our unborn children? The controversy still rages about vaccines, but if you are in the group who is uncertain or definitely doesn’t want to take the vaccine then might I introduce you to the wonderful Gloria Lemay!
Gloria is a birth attendant in British Columbia who has been practicing for more than twenty years. She is an amazingly insightful and experienced woman, who does her research and truly believe in helping women. She has written a post on how to stay healthy in this flu season without shooting your body full of known and unknown toxins. You can read it here:
http://www.glorialemay.com/blog/?p=200