DYSTONIA-

http://64.15.120.233/watch?v=_gGg_CCs7yM
Dystonia is what Desiree Jennings is struggling with, secondary to taking a "seasonal flu shot " and not the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine.

How dangerous is the flu. From "Research and Scientific Affairs/Epidemiology and Statistics Unit." At the bottom of the document, the source is listed as: National Center for Health Statistics, Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1979-2001. From http://www.life-enthusiast.com/news/s_flu.htm
Here are the total flu deaths from the report. From 1979 to 2001, the stats were released every two years.

1979: 604
1981: 3,006
1983: 1,431
1985: 2,054
1987: 632
1989: 1,593
1991: 1,137
1993: 1,044
1995: 606
1996: 745
1997: 720
1998: 1,724
1999: 1,665
2000: 1,765
2001: 257
In contrast, how many Americans died in car wrecks in 2007?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_americans_died_in_car_accidents_in_2007
37,248
SOURCE: FARS Encyclopedia
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

They say that the chances of anyone getting it as Ms. Jennings did, is 1 in a million. To put that in perspective, the chances of winning the Texas lottery is 1 in 25,000,000 or, 25 times more unlikely
than getting dystonia, but , millions in Texas think that 1 in 25 million still gives them a chance of winning and plop down their money to get included in the lottery. I don't want to be included in the Guillain-Barré Syndrome lottery, nor the Dystonia lottery, so I will not be taking the shot or getting the spray something introduced into my nasal cavity. Each person much make an informed consent decision, and this is just a bit of info for you to think about.

PS, given the numbers, when they develop a vaccine against car wreck caused deaths, I may take that one :) .

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