GoBeDo

Thank you so much for stopping by! Time appears to be flying by way too fast and I'm looking to do something exciting with the rest of my life. I'll be starting an online fitness business called "GoBeDo" sometime this year. Be sure and check in. You'll learn about High Interval Training, Yoga, Body weight exercise, Spartan races, Functional training and whole lot more. Real $hit, for Old Timers like me. Why? We only have one shot at a grandiose and fulfilling life. Let's get busy creating one. Remember, it's the start that stops most people. The last thing I want to take to my grave is "regret!"
Peace/Love and Hugs!
Guapo (Grandpa Jasso)
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Friday, November 25, 2011

ONE MORE RANT ABOUT THE FLU SHOT! (Thanks Dr. Douglas!)


Happy Holidays! Or should I say Happy flu season? 


So Big Pharma will say just about anything, no matter how absurd, to get more patients to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot -- like the claim from a new study that supposedly finds the vaccine is "60 percent effective" at preventing the flu. Makes it sound like 60 percent of the people who get the shot are protected from the flu, right? 
Sounds a little high to me. Like about 60%! Sure enough, the study actually proves what we've been saying all along: Statistically speaking, the shot protects practically no one. That's zero people! In fact, the data from 31 studies published over the past 44 years finds that pretty much no one even gets the flu in the first place. 
But how can that be? Because despite the media's annual flu-shot frenzy, the study finds that it's simply a non-event: Just 2.7 percent of the unvaccinated and 1.2 percent of those who do get the shot come down with the disease in any given year. On paper, that's a difference of 60 percent, but the ABSOLUTE reduction in risk isn't even close to 60 percent -- it's a measly 1.5 percent. Believe it or not, even that number is a little on the high side, because other studies haven't been nearly as generous. One analysis released earlier this year found no evidence the shot reduced the rate of hospitalization or slowed the spread of the disease. That study even found that the little evidence FOR flu shots came from studies that were rigged by vaccine makers. But while the benefits may be nonexistent, the potential risks are all too real: Flu shots have been linked to fatigue, pain, nerve damage, seizures, paralysis and even death. The bottom line here is you can do everything wrong and still not get the flu -- but if you want to slash your odds even further, don't waste your time with a vaccine. 
Work on good hygiene and building your immune system instead. 
Protect Yourself!
Will You Get Sick?

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