Re: Flu jabs
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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I am not interested in the Cochrane report
That's fine. However given that it is the primary source of collective information pertaining to the Flu Jab that means we cannot discuss the topic further in any meaningful way.
A bit like entering a discussion on what Revelations means and saying "I'm not interested in the Bible".
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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Other countries offer flu jabs to their residents and I am sure that they would not be investing money in them without their own research.
They invest money because peddling useless flu jabs is very big business. That's about it.
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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You obviously believe this report
I have thus far seen no tangible reason not to believe it. It's been done by the internationally respected defacto organisation for medical studies who employ over 10,000 medical related staff. Why would I not believe it?
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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can I suggest that, now you have drawn our attention to it, you allow the rest of us the choice of making our own decision on it.
Everyone is always free to make their own decisions and no-one here afaik is trying to tell anyone what decision to make.
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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Whatever our decisions are, I feel you have no right to request our grounds for ignoring it, because medicine is a personal decision that we do not have to justify to you.
Well, the thing is, this is an open forum discussion on the topic of the flu jab. The whole purpose is to debate the issues. If you are not happy discussing the issues then why are you here in the thread? Makes no sense.
To discuss the merits of any medical treatment or cure, you have to debate the facts and information pertaining to it. It's quite appropriate for anyone to challenge a view or to ask how someone arrived at a view. That's the debating process.
So absolutely, if you are going to set out a case to say that the Cochrane Library is a nonsense, then you definitely are going to be asked for data to support that. If as you say, you are just choosing to ignore it, then it's pretty pointless participating in a debate on the topic.
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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When people need advice on medical matters, they tend to ask the people they trust to offer the best advice, and the people they ask may not always be the ones that you would choose, but it doesn't mean that they are wrong!
No-one is saying that they are wrong. I am simply presenting the data, the facts which as I said, even now, no-one has disputed or attempted to discredit.
Your personal choice to ignore those facts is absolutely fine, it's a free world however it's pointless debating further once you take that stance.