Every winter the media blitz begins: HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WARN THIS YEAR’S FLU SEASON COULD BE ONE OF THE WORST ON RECORD! The local and national news jump in and urge you to get your flu shot as soon as possible, especially for those with “pre-existing health conditions such as Diabetes…”

My dad was a Pharmacist. He never got flu shots because he claimed they are mostly ineffective. He said that it was always better for your immune system to grow strong enough to adapt to new viruses in order to fight them off. Whenever we got the flu as kids he gave us antibiotics and that killed it.

And he was right: following the 2018 flu season, it was unceremoniously announced that the vaccine was only about 10% effective against that year’s virus. But even that was surprisingly low…it’s usually at least around 30% effective.

Those still ain’t good odds, as any gambler can tell you.

Vaccines are a multi-billion dollar industry. Big Pharma makes a shit-load of money from the global vaccine business.

Getting a flu shot every year makes little sense, because by nature the virus mutates – sometimes several times a year – therefore you would still have no protection from the latest iteration, and on top of that you might get really sick from the flu shot itself.

I’m 57 and I have NEVER had a flu shot…and I have pre-existing health conditions like Asthma and Diabetes. I think I may have had the flu a couple of years ago, and it took about 6 weeks – but I finally got over it. Otherwise I’m in pretty good health. My wife is 54 and she’s never had a shot and she’s healthy as a horse. Likewise my 77-year old mother and her partner James…

I’ve read testimonials from folks who got jabbed and had their health suffer for years because it compromised their immune system to such an extent.

Here are some good ways to avoid catching the flu: wash your hands often; stay off junk food and avoid fast-food at all costs; don’t drink sugary sodas or smoke cigarettes or abuse alcohol. Take your vitamins. Lose some weight. EXERCISE.

Take care of yourself and your immune system will take care of you, basically. Flu shots and vaccines are a money-making scam for the Big Pharmaceutical companies who own this country.

Weak immune systems are the real reason people get sick.