Flu shots

To flu or not to flu? To me, it's not even a question.
Reasons not to get a flu shot:
1) They still contain thimerosal - a form of mercury which has an affinity for the brain, gut, liver, bone marrow, and kidneys. Minute amounts can cause nerve damage.
2) Flu shots contain most or all of the following year after year:
- Formaldehyde (yep, same stuff grandma's preserved in)
- Gentamycin sulfate (antibiotics? we need antibiotics in our flu shot?)
- fluids from chicken embryos (ew)
- sodium phosphate (symptoms of ingestion may include vomiting, lethargy, CNS system effects, and heart disturbances)
- Neomycin sulfate (yes, another antibiotic) which interferes with Vitamin B6 absorption. An error in the uptake of B6 can cause a rare form of epilepsy and mental retardation.
- MSG (yep, same as the chinese food) - has been showed to have mutagenic, teratogenic, and reproductive effects. Its also a neurotoxin.
- Sodium Deoxycholate - shown by several studies to promote tumors and damage DNA
- Octoxynol-10/Oxtoxynol-9 - I wont bore you with the scientific details. All you need to know is that the manufacturer's website states: FOR RESEARCH ONLY. NOT FOR HUMAN OR DRUG USE.
- Beta Propiolactone and polysorbate 80 - both have been shown to cause cancer in animals
3) Flu vaccines have not been evaluated for their ability to cause cancer or mutations or whether they can cause reproductive problems. It is NOT known whether flu vaccine can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman, or whether it can affect future reproductive ability. It is NOT known whether the flu vaccine is excreted in human milk. Animal fertility studies have not been conducted.
4) Up to 90% of those who have flu-like symptoms do NOT have the flu. Rather they have Influenza-Like-Illness which may be associated with many different microorganizms including RSV, paraflu, chlamydia pneumoniae, streptococcus pneumoniae, rhinovirus.
5) In one CDC study, the flu vaccine was 16%-63% effective against influenza and was not at all effecive against Influenza-Like-Illness.

Every doctor who gives you a flu shot has to chart that he offered obtained "informed consent" from you before administering it. Which basically means he/she explained to you the risks and benefits of receiving the flu shot before administering it, and you said "okay" once you were informed.

Consider yourself informed. But will you consent?