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In reply to the discussion: ROF Responds to the Corporate Medias Anti-Vaxxer Attack on RFK, Jr. [View all]womanofthehills
(10,992 posts)and I don't konw if it's really an allergic reaction - your immune system attacks your nervous system. For all the people protected from the flu, it's a small number who get sick but maybe no one has to get sick from the flu shot if it is improved. Luckily, most people recover from GBS but not all. This is a 2 people per million side effect according to CDC - that equals probably almost 400 cases a yr from flu shot because the US has 168 million flu shots this year. I don't see why you don't think this number can be improved. An adult friend just got GBS after a tetanus shot so I've been researching it.
Strange and probably not good, but Europe has no compulsory childhood vaccinations except for France which has 2 compulsory vaccines. Vaccines are recommended by doctors in Europe, but no one has to get them. Most people, however, are not afraid to travel to Europe.