Posts by Uzzah

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Should Flu Shot be Mandatory?

by cameo-d in

from uk area:.

http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/30/a-million-swine-flu-jabs-to-region/.

nurses assoc.

Uzzah

Calibre:

I have heard this thought before... all I can say is quite a number of years ago both the wife and I got our one and only flu shot... within one hour we were both severly sick with flu like systoms. I never get any flu's but that year I did !

Considering most if not all flu virus usually takes 48-72 hours from time of exposure before someone would have any symptoms, it is likely you had some form of allergic reaction (or psychosomatic) rather than 'getting the flu'. I am not discounting your experience but it is not scientifically sound that you got 'the flu' from the flu shot.

In order to get sick from a bacteria or virus, there has to be enough of the bug inside of you to overwhelm your immune system so it goes into full attack mode. This and a weak immune system (often caused by lack of sleep, poor diet, stress) are usually the components required to be sick. Thus even if the vaccine contained a live virus, it would take at least two to three days for it to reproduce in sufficient quantity to make someone ill.

Allergic reactions require an existing sensitivity such as to eggs (contained in most vaccines) so that upon even limited exposure the body's immune system goes into overload/high gear.

There are plenty of well researched web sites that can do a better job explaining the science behind the above statements. I encourage everyone to do their own research from reputable sources (aka not Jim Carrey & Oprah).

Uzzah

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Should Flu Shot be Mandatory?

by cameo-d in

from uk area:.

http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/30/a-million-swine-flu-jabs-to-region/.

nurses assoc.

Uzzah

Of interest:

On July 29, ACIP met to consider who should receive H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. The details are available at CDC web site http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/acip.htm -- however for your ready reference I have extracted out the relevant section: It should be noted that the H1N1 vaccine (when available) is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine – it is intended to be used along-side seasonal flu vaccine. The groups recommended by ACIP to receive the H1N1 influenza vaccine include:

Pregnant women because they are at higher risk of complications and can potentially provide protection to infants who cannot be vaccinated;
Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age because younger infants are at higher risk of influenza-related complications and cannot be vaccinated. Vaccination of those in close contact with infants less than 6 months old might help protect infants by “cocooning” them from the virus;
Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel because infections among healthcare workers have been reported and this can be a potential source of infection for vulnerable patients. Also, increased absenteeism in this population could reduce healthcare system capacity;
All people from 6 months through 24 years of age
- Children from 6 months through 18 years of age because we have seen many cases of novel H1N1 influenza in children and they are in close contact with each other in school and day care settings, which increases the likelihood of disease spread, and
- Young adults 19 through 24 years of age because we have seen many cases of novel H1N1 influenza in these healthy young adults and they often live, work, and study in close proximity, and they are a frequently mobile population; and,
Persons aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.

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Should Flu Shot be Mandatory?

by cameo-d in

from uk area:.

http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/30/a-million-swine-flu-jabs-to-region/.

nurses assoc.

Uzzah

Normally I would say it is up to each individual.

This current situation is different. I would STRONGLY suggest that anyone between the ages of 10 and 25 receive the vaccine for the current H1N1 as well as the vaccine that will likely come out in December or January for any mutated version (the more deadly anticipated strain)

More than 50% of the current people being impacted by H1N1 are in this age group. This vaccine is an opportunity to provide some immunity to this potentially lethal flu strain.

In Canada, they are calculating 112,000 fatalities if this strain mutates with any of the typical seasonal flu strains.

Any connection with an illness post flu shot is purely coincidental. Dead virii cannot make someone sick. All seasonal flu vaccines contain nothing living that can reproduce and make someone ill.

Thay are now discussing school closures if there is a resurgence of a more deadly strain in the Fall. The more we can protect our kids the better. Remember the Society once said vaccines were evil. Don't fall into the same mindset.

Uzzah

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MY B-I-L IS IN THE HOSPITAL

by Mary in

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friends

here's another update on my brother in law:.

my sister and b-i-l went to the cancer center in toronto earlier this week to see about getting the stemcell transplant for his disease.

it was actually an encouraging visit as the oncologist there said that they did not feel his condition had progressed into the acute myloid leukemia yet and that he had longer---up to 2 years---than what his local oncologist had said.

Uzzah

{{{{{{{{{Mary}}}}}}}}}

Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

Let me know if I can be of any support or help

Uzzah

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RUSSIA deports and bans JW Attorneys

by skeeter1 in

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his article was published by f18news on: 23 july 2009. russia: jehovah's witness lawyers deported for defending extremism cases?by geraldine fagan, forum 18 news service <http://www.forum18.org>.

four lawyers defending jehovah's witnesses have been deported since march, forum 18 news service has learned.

a leaflet by a traditional mari el pagan priest is among the latest additions to the federal list of extremist materials, meaning it is banned throughout russia.

Uzzah

Knowing the two Canadian lawyers fairly wll I admit to snickering at their experience. For John Burns not to even have a chance to say a word...that is amazing since he usually has more to say than most. Shane thinks of himself as untouchable and god's gift so for him to be roughed up a bit would do him good.

Only trouble is this situation just makes him more of a hero in the eyes of the Witnesses. It will only increase his god complex

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Is human death permanent?

by The Berean in

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the age old question ... is this all there is?.

Uzzah

I am content in believing that this life is all there is. I live my life with that in mind. Being worm food is guaranteed nothing after that is.

If there is something else after this, I can just be pleasantly surprised ... hmmmm ... I hope pleasantly .... wouldn't be too happy to come back as a goldfish or the like

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"Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

by Kudra in

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this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

a women of jwn calendar??.

Uzzah

I guess you will have to reserve July August and part of Septmeber if you want my picture in it. Though I still have my paramedic uniform (sorry not Fire, Rebel) that covers a multitude of ummm excess.

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"He was really smart. Smart people leave all the time" <- Unwitting Witness Tells The Truth

by gubberningbody in

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how many of you have heard this one, or words to that effect?.

Uzzah

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail. - Ecclesiates 2:26

For wisdom is a defense and money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life to them that have it - Ecclesiates 7:12

"The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidty of the ignorant" - Winston Churchill ...... ahem.... cough cough reniaa cough cough

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Son got me hooked on South Park

by White Dove in

i'm really getting addicted to that show.

i love ike, kyle's little canadian brother..

Uzzah

I have to say the episode on Scientology had me in stitches. By far one of the most cutting and accurate renderings of that Cult and Tom Cruise too. LOL

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Hypothetically, If Someone Created a Fake Congregation to Trick Another...

by OnTheWayOut in

let's just stay hypothetical.

if someone wanted to create a fake congregation in 7-miles-from-nowhere, north dakota (7-m-f-n, n.d. congregation) in order to trick the elders at another congregation, what could they get away with?.

just assume that they use a p.o.

Uzzah

At the time I left it was important to me to disappear. I did manage to have my Publisher Records cards forwarded to a family member including the letter of introduction. I was however in relative good standing at the time which facilitated the deception.

I still have my cards and I did a successful disappearance. However later when I got involved in Child Abuse issues as an advocate and appeared on TV and testified in court the resulting shunning still happened even tho a formal Committee has never been formed against me.

So disappearing while still in relative good standing is fairly easily accomplished (I've helped a few people do so). Getting reinstated so as to then fade is a lot more difficult but not impossible. Posting the exact details of how it was done is rather self aggrandizing and threatens the success of the initiative but people make their choices.

Uzzah