Record Numbers Line Up for Flu Shots as Media Hypes the Flu EpidemicMelissa Melton It ends with, The Centers for Disease Control reports that influenza is currently widespread across Texas and in most other states. There have been at least 32 flu-related deaths reported in North Texas this season 26 in Dallas County, three in Denton County, two in Tarrant County, and one in Wise County. If you only got your news from this local source, you might think the whole world was coming to an end and people are dropping dead from the flu left and right in some sci-fi movie flu-ocalypse scenario. And this is just one news channel of hundreds that predictably operate this way during flu season each and every year Critical Thinking But lets analyze whats really going on here. Twenty six people died in Dallas County, Texas. Does that seem like a lot? Considering Dallas County is home to 2.454 million people, that means 0.001% of people have died from the flu there. That overwhelmed clinic in Plano wasnt even located in any of the counties where the flu deaths were reported. Top stories and big ratings equal big viewership and top dollars. Whipping people up into a panic with propaganda, in short, sells. Theres no mention about the lifestyles or medical histories of the people who succumbed to the flu. Where they already sick? Did they already suffer from a weakened immune system? What did they eat? These stories make it sound like you could just be walking down the street and BAM! The flu hits you, you automatically die hours later like its a gentically engineered ebola virus and were all in Mission Impossible II or something. The truth is, we live in a toxic environment and many people are subsisting day-to-day on food thats utterly devoid of nutrition. Some 70,000 chemicals are in commerce in the U.S. alone, with another thousand or so new ones produced every year. Insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, PCBs, pharmaceuticals, plastics and other petrochemical byproducts and lot more long ago entered our water, air, soils and food chain resulting in food with much lower vitamin content and a tidal wave of disease. Whats in a Shot? Peoples immune systems are shot. Speaking of shot, getting a flu shot means you inhale or inject the substance directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system that contains the majority of your immune system, so it cant mitigate the ingredients. Why is this important? In her article Five Reasons Ill Never Get the Flu Shot, Organic Preppers Daisy Luther points out that there are some downright dangerous ingredients in these shots: Studies have shown the flu shot only actually prevents flu a measly 1.5% of the time anyway. As Luther notes, Id honestly rather take my chances with the flu than to have myself injected with something that carries the risk of such side effects on the off-chance (the 1.5% off-chance) that I might avoid catching the 1% of viruses that the shot protects me from. Thats right. Every year the experts guess at what three or so viruses go into the seasonal flu vaccine out of hundreds of existing strains. And if the flu virus should mutate (as it is prone to do)? In short, to save yourself from the flu, you are putting yourself at risk with toxic ingredients that could potentially cause much more severe, long-term damage in a multitude of other areas throughout your entire body. While 32 people have died of flu in North Texas as the media is scaremongering every other five minutes (that, or you know, weakened immune system function that would allow those particular people to succumb to the flu based on nearly endless other health and lifestyle factors), other reports show that people die of the flu shot itself as well. Reports in the governments Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting Systems (VAERS) where less than 1% of adverse effects are even reported each year show that 51 people died of flu vaccines in 2011 alone. A nearly 4,300% increase in fetal deaths was reported following pregnant women getting flu shots back in 2009, figures the CDC apparently failed to disclose. Last November, an otherwise completely healthy 19-year-old died after he took a flu shot that caused his brain to swell to the point that it actually crushed his brain stem. Doctors could find nothing else wrong with him. Bottom line? Should you get scared and line up to buy the hype? Dr. Mercolas advice tells us the best protection against the flu is the exact same protection people used for years before there ever was a flu vaccine: avoid stress, get enough rest and exercise, wash your hands regularly, eat as healthy as you can and keep your vitamin D levels up. Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared, and a co-creator of Truthstream Media. Wake the flock up! 