I have been heartened by the various voices of dissent that have courageously weathered the blowback that has been shoved out hand over fist by the powers that be.
NPR reports that high profile refusniks like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are having a new effect on public health campaigns.
"But this year, officials are also fighting some high-profile counterweights to their message. First, an unusual set of high-profile personalities — including conservative media commentators like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and more liberal ones like Bill Maher — is publicly opposing the vaccination effort.
Their opposition appears to be part of the larger anti-government movement that has been vocal during the debate over the Obama administration's efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system. Beck told his viewers on Fox News that he would do "the exact opposite" of whatever the government recommends. Maher echoed that on his HBO talk show, saying, "I don't trust the government, especially with my health."
It's not yet clear how persuasive their opinions will be. "There's no question that the anti-government feeling and fears are playing a role," says Blendon. "We just don't know the magnitude of the impact."
At the end of the NPR report a doctor was quoted as saying...
"Beyond the warnings about the seriousness of swine flu and reassurances about the vaccine's safety, there is one other simple point, made by Leigh Vinocur, an emergency physician at the University of Maryland School of Medicine:"
"Does it feel good to have the flu?" she asks. "Do you like staying home in bed for two days feeling like you've been hit by a truck?"
Interesting rhetorical question. I don't know that anyone "likes" having the flu. But give me the flu ANY DAY over lifelong neurological illness, autoimmune disease, allergies, asthma, infertility, muscle aches, headaches, and other symptoms of toxicity.
And for those who are disabled by Guillain Barre syndrome, or even die from the afteraffects of the flu shot, my guess is many of these people would LOVE to be sick for a couple days over losing the ability to walk. I'm sort of attached to the ability to use my arms and legs and I would suppose that others are too.
Reporters and Bloggers at the Baltimore Sun and The New York Times have jumped on the Anti Maher Bandwagon. I suppose the fact that those types of papers are always dumping on Conservatives like Limbaugh and Beck, to have a Libertarian funnyman like Maher stand up to the Vaccine Gestapo is somewhat disturbing. But I found it more interesting to read the comments attached to these posts over the articles themselves.
Commenter Howard said on the Baltimore Sun Site:
"Funny that a word like "paranoia" would be used to describe those opposed to getting this shot. Have you been paying attention to the paranoia that went into promoting the shot? It seems to me that the backlash is directly proportional to the assault."
Only one lone media outlet, UPI, reported on the recent three hour talk by Louis Farrakhan, in which he outlined the Eugenics side to the Flu Vaccine.
"MEMPHIS, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan told an audience in Memphis he believes the H1N1 flu vaccine was developed to kill people, a witness said."
"...So what are you going to do? Kill as many as you can. We have to develop a science that kills them and makes it look as though they died from some disease," Farrakhan said, adding that many wise people won't take the vaccine. (1)"
I so appreciate the willingness of these various voices in our society to speak out. To risk being labeled crazy, nutty, or worse while they attempt to share with those who are listening the facts about this world wide vaccine campaign.
The definition of Eugenics: –
noun (used with a singular verb) the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, esp. by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics). (2)
Bill Maher summed things up nicely on his Twitter Page when he succinctly wrote:
Bill Maher: "If u get a swine flu shot ur an idiot."
Idiot. Yeah, I think the word idiot nicely sums up those who would blindly accept a shot of toxic chemicals in the arm.
If you are reading this and still decide to get the shot, don't say we didn't warn you...
Sources:
(1) UPI: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/19/Farrakhan-suspicious-of-H1N1-vaccine/UPI-63931256011008/
(2) Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eugenics