Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shotsFlu is rising around the country, but Louisiana is well ahead

[Sherlock Holmes]

I've never had a flu shot.

If you'd lived and worked and commuted like I used to then you would have gotten influenza as I often did (because I was unconcerned about catching it in my 30s)

 

[MisterBeale]

And? Beats being sick with the flu.

So if folks don't ever get sick with the flu? No real reason to get them.

 

[scruffy]

Its not Fauci's flu vaccine. The process has been the same for decades.

My body, my choice. Right?

I've never had a flu vax and never will.

And I don’t want public money spent on advertising it.

If you want a vax, go get one. Bill your insurance company.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Regardless, the "flu vaccine" is still a flat out guess.

The only way I'm having any of BigPharm's juice pumped into me is if they know it will be effective.

Don't take. Get sick. Cleanse the gene pool.

 

[john doe 101]

Is Fraudci still around?

I'll take the flu over Fraudci's vax any day of the week.

And twice on Sundays.

Let's all hope that happens.

 

[Zincwarrior]

So if folks don't ever get sick with the flu? No real reason to get them.

Good for you?

 

[john doe 101]

My body, my choice. Right?

I've never had a flu vax and never will.

And I don’t want public money spent on advertising it.

If you want a vax, go get one. Bill your insurance company.

You dont know how vaccinations work, do you?

 

[john doe 101]

The red hats need to stay with their own kind.

 

[Oddball]

Don't take. Get sick. Cleanse the gene pool.

Or I get it and make it mutate to the point that it's harmless to cowering little girls like you.

You're welcome.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

My body, my choice. Right?

I've never had a flu vax and never will.

And I don’t want public money spent on advertising it.

Why not? about 40% of the costs of drug development in the United States is from government subsidies, but we - the public - don't get any of the resulting profits. That's known as socialism for the rich by the way.

If you want a vax, go get one. Bill your insurance company.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Exactly....They're only guessing which strain will be making the rounds each year.

The pharm-industrial complex is but 1/2 step removed from voodoo.

Notice how these “experts” promote big pharma drugs instead of healthy lifestyles and better food products. Pretty pathetic.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I've never had a flu shot.

.

I used to have them whenever appropriate, as I worked in patient care.

Until the last one I had, which nearly killed me.

Which adds up to something even leftists and five year olds can understand if they try hard enough -- no more flu shots for me.

And if some "medical" person gets too pushy trying to jab me, I mention the magic words, "cytokine storm" -- which equals "litigation".

I'm a poor patient, one who actually owns their own body.


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[Twisted Gypsy Child]

so promoting them has no effect,,

thanks for clearing that up,,

It most certainly does

"It is no surprise that Louisiana has led the country in flu incidents for the last few weeks," Avegno said. "When you deprioritize telling people how, where, when to get vaccinated, more people are going to spread the flu — we're seeing the direct result."

 

[progressive hunter]

The red hats need to stay with their own kind.

we pick america,,

so when are you leaving??

 

[progressive hunter]

It most certainly does

"It is no surprise that Louisiana has led the country in flu incidents for the last few weeks," Avegno said. "When you deprioritize telling people how, where, when to get vaccinated, more people are going to spread the flu — we're seeing the direct result."

youre so braindead you dont realize you just proved it didnt,,

youre dismissed,,

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

covid vaccine is 0% effective,,

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, especially against severe illness, hospitalization, and death.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

youre so braindead you dont realize you just proved it didnt,,

youre dismissed,,

you lost me at "youre"

 

[MarathonMike]

Louisiana banned its public health entities from recommending vaccines. Shockingly its way ahead of the country in flu and MPOX. Thoughts?

Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots

Flu is rising around the country, but Louisiana is well ahead of the curve.

arstechnica.com

Flu season is ramping up across the US, but Louisiana—the state that has reportedly barred its health department from promoting flu shots, as well as COVID-19 and mpox vaccines—is leading the country with an early and strong surge.

Louisiana's flu activity has reached the "Very High" category set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the latest data. The 13-category scale is based on the percentage of doctor's visits that were for influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) in the previous week. Louisiana is at the first of three "Very High" levels. Oregon is the only other state to have reached this level. The rest of the country spans the scale, with 13 jurisdictions at "High," including New York City and Washington, DC. There are 11 at "Moderate," 10 at "Low," and 19 at "Minimal."
Last week, NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO reported that the state had forbidden the health department and its workers from promoting annual flu shots, as well as vaccines for COVID-19 and mpox. The policy was explicitly kept quiet and officials have avoided putting it in writing.

They didn't ban the flu shot, they banned the govt agency from WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY ADVERTISING THE FLU SHOT. So that means everyone in Lousiana can get a flu shot if they want one. Just move on to the next dumb thing to get hysterical about.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

.

I used to have them whenever appropriate, as I worked in patient care.

Until the last one I had, which nearly killed me.

What was the name of that vaccine and what was it to protect against?

Which adds up to something even leftists and five year olds can understand if they try hard enough -- no more flu shots for me.

And if some "medical" person gets too pushy trying to jab me, I mention the magic words, "cytokine storm" -- which equals "litigation".

I'm a poor patient, one who actually owns their own body.


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[RoshawnMarkwees]

Got a flu shot once. 1997. I was sick for two months. Got a first Covid shot and caught the disease the next day. It developed into pneumonia.