Flu Shot Proves Dire for Redskins Cheerleader
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This is really a heart-breaking story about a woman named Desiree Jennings from Ashburn, VA who was diagnosed with a neural disorder known as Dystonia. After receiving a flu shot from a Safeway out in Reston, Jennings reported having flu-like symptoms that progressively worsened over time, eventually resulting in her suffering from severe physical convulsions and affected speech.
Incredibly, the effects of the disorder seem to wane when she jogs or walks in reverse, but reemerge the instant she stops. Here’s a video of a recent local news report that includes an interview with Desiree:
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Notice there is no direct causal relationship between the two events, only implied correlation. Never does the piece say, “She got the flu shot, which led to her getting this disorder 10 days later.” It only says, “She got the flu shot and 10 days later she got this disorder.” It might as well have been, “She ate french fries and 10 days later she got this disorder.” That would make as much sense as this nonsensical theory.
Adam – agreed. Too bad this supposed causation is all over all of the major media outlets. Gotta love the press.
That’s a good point but I don’t know if it’s that outlandish to make that connection. Unlike eating french fries, or doing anything else that she would have presumably done on a somewhat normal basis, getting that flu-shot was probably a fairly signifcant occurence in that it was a break from the norm. Obviously by saying that I’m assuming she didn’t take any additional medication between the time of the flu-shot and her initial reaction, but if there weren’t any deviations from her usual routines I think it’s fair to say that the vaccine and/or the pharmacy is responsible to a significant extent. Apparently certain forms of Dystonia can be brought on by a reaction to drugs (at least according to Wikipedia), and I think the entire incident is something that can, at minimum, help doctors and scientists better understand the disorder.
If so, it would be first case EVER of this cause by a flu vaccine. There is nothing in the shot that the FDA says was abnormal, UMD and Johns Hopkins docs have said that there is .0000000000001 (paraphrasing) chance the shot cause it and that with almost 100% certainty it is psychogenic. Plus, the story was first presented by Inside Edition and been championed by Generation Rescue (Jenny McCarthy’s crazy anti-immunization group that blames autism on vaccines that save those same kids lives). As for shedding light on this disorder, that’s a good thing, just as long as it doesn’t come at a consequence of people getting a flu shot. If someone doesn’t get it due to this story, and then they give me the flu, I’M PISSED!
haha, yeah I agree with that, I certainly don’t think it’s enough to warrant not getting it.
Wow.
BTW shouts to her dude for stickin it through and helping take care of her, that’s a stand-up gent right there
If I don’t get my flu shot and you do get the shot, how can you get the flu? It Should not matter to you if I get it right?
But if you can still get the flu after getting the shot, then what is the benefit of the shot, just less odds to contract? or better immune response to fight it off?
What about when the flu mutates (which it always does) and the shot becomes obsolete? There is no way that I can trust a vaccine for something that has had less than 1 year of clinical trials determining long term effects.
I’m ok with dying from the flu if that is the outcome from me not getting the shot. It’s my choice. Dumb as people may think it is, I’m just confident that the Flu is not the way i’m going out. Got too much living to do to worry about getting sick and dying.