Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 This is hogwash. Which pharmaceutical companies does he have stock in and which pay for his research. Any chance those same companies make the flu vaccine. S S Posted by: " Hokkanen " nhokkanen@... nhokkanen Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:22 pm (PST) Dr. Boeve of the Mayo Clinic says: " There is absolutely no evidence that flu vaccines contribute in any way to Alzheimer's disease, and it is hard to imagine a mechanism of how this could affect amyloid or tau. One blogger referred to excitotoxicity, but this idea came from a non-physician making wild claims and selling a book for profit. " Consider also that thousands of healthy people die from the flu each year, and the vaccines clearly reduce the potential of developing the flu, and lessen the severity of the flu if you still get it. The public must balance what is proven and could keep them from getting very ill or dying as opposed to an unfounded theory by a layperson. " If this theory keeps one person from getting the vaccine, and then he or she becomes very ill or dies from the flu, those who write or support such claims have contributed to that person's illness or death. " http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/comments/MY00486_comments#post More on Dr. Boeve: " My clinical and research interests include normal aging, neurodegenerative disorders that cause cognitive impairment/dementia, neurogenetics, prion disorders, autoimmune/inflammatory encephalopathies, and the neurologically-based sleep disorders. Specific disorders of interest include mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, corticobasal degeneration, posterior cortical atrophy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, " Hashimoto's encephalopathy, " nonvasculitic autoimmune meningoencephalopathies, REM sleep behavior disorder, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder. " http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/boeve_bf.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------ Business School Click here to find the right business program for you and take your career to the next level. http://tagline.excite.com/fc/BK72PcZZfjvfOS7XNRp7cxkafs768O56iH2z30cknXxP2ZmPkwU\ LD6/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 My question is " Any chance those companies DON'T make a flu vaccine? " Not likely. > > This is hogwash. Which pharmaceutical companies does he have stock in and which pay for his research. Any chance those same companies make the flu vaccine. > S S > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Exactly my point, I was being smart aleck. The CDC recently acknowledged that mercury fillings can cause problems so somebody has to say some other source of mercury is fine or else the public will attempt to avoid all sources and prove the point. S S Re: Mayo Clinic says flu vaccine doesn't cause Alzheimer's Posted by: " " sunshine369@... mosaictm Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:47 am (PST) My question is " Any chance those companies DON'T make a flu vaccine? " Not likely. ------------------------------------------------------------ Used Car Click here and choose from thousands of high quality used cars. http://tagline.excite.com/fc/BK72PcZbm4AQmonYxpGOwCbkT3kHikpRsvj4bmM29dNmvtzOD5v\ yd6/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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