The lovely Eve of Adamswife's Weblog decided to tag me for this meme. Normally, I spit at the dirt and shake my fists in the air when memes are thrown at me, but this one is short and sweet. Exactly what I needed today. Besides, you've been flooded with 100 things about me lately. Have you commented about my oddities? Well, then. Get thee to the comments section, my lazy friend.
Onward...
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag 5 people. Post a comment here once you post the meme to your blog, so I can come see.
This is from The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child by Dr. Robert W. Sears. I highly recommend it for new parents who want an educated view of vaccines, rather than reading the anti-vaccine books that tell you your kid's head will fall off if you vaccinate. Dr. Sears advocates a delayed schedule of vaccination and awareness of aluminum in vaccine serums. That's what we are doing. I believe in delayed vaccination for all of the health reasons that tend to scare parents these days. Also, there is autism in my family. Delayed vaccination helps me to feel better about not rocking the autism boat.
"The 2003-2004 flu season was particularly bad, with more reported infections and fatalities than usual. But when all was said and done, there were a total of 153 deaths in children seventeen years and younger in the forty states that were studied. If we included all fifty states, we could guess there were at most 200 deaths in children that year."
He concludes that paragraph by saying, "So, even in a worse-than-usual flu season four years ago, the total childhood fatalities came nowhere close to the thousands that we are led to believe."
There you go. I love this book. I tag you, you, you, you, and that guy over there.
13 beautiful people muttered something back:
It's a good thing we got that vaccine book; otherwise, you'd have to admit that we don't have any books longer than 123 pages in our house.
I was going to play along, but the book I picked up, "Grimm's Grimmest" (which clocks in at 142 pages), has a picture on page 123. A picture tells a thousand words, but it has no sentences.
Thanks for participating. I like that you are doing your own research, and not just listening to the nay-sayers on this important issue. I grew up before vaccines were available for measles, mumps, rubella. We could pretty well count on a week out of school every year with one 'childhood disease' or another. Sometimes the week stretched into more time, if there were any complications. My sister has lived with a persistent cough all her life as a result of measles when she was but 3 years old. Many others suffered worse fates. These vaccines are wonderful from that point of view.
Too funny that the first book you came to did not have enough pages/words. :) But wow, I didn't know the flu was that bad.
I'll play. I haven't commented on your last batch properly, but easily 40% of them are eerily close to me. Freaky.
Every year, I have someone ask me if I received the flu shot. I can't have it, ever.
This year, we learned about influenza's "antigenic shift" tendencies that can create an epidemic in any given year. However, we haven't seen anything in our lifetimes like the flu epidemics of the olden days. It makes you wonder.
I'm the first to agree that many of our "cures" and "treatments" are creating as many, if not more, health concerns for us than they're eliminating. Unfortunately, no matter how great our technology becomes, our "humanity" limits us.
I don't think most of us really understand what we're doing to the world, and to ourselves.
I love how the population buys into the hype that a flu shot=protection. I'm in a segment of the population that is told to get one, but if the efficacy is 30-40%, then what's the point?
I'm also in a segment of the population that is told to get them...but I always GET the flu from the vaccine...(don't give me that 'you can't get the flu from the vaccine BS'). But I did anyway...for my baby. *sigh* I want to decrease any minute tiny possible risk of her getting sick.
I'm having problems finding books with words!
I love that Dr Sears guy. Or guys, as the case may be. Thanks for reminding me that I lent out my Vaccine Book...need to get that back for more review. And I may try this meme out as my first one EVER.
Phil "ain't studied" - Where's a token copy of "War and Peace" when we're trying to impress people? Huh?
Eve - I didn't realize that measles would leave people with a permanent cough. Yikes. Sorry that she has that.
One of the best times in my childhood was when I had to stay home because of chickenpox. Should I vaccinate Amos and take away his chance to stay home and write in puzzle books?
Lisa Marie - Well, I could have used "Pajama Time!" instead, but it has the same trouble as "Where's My Mommy?" Heheh.
Suzanne - Get thee a' commentin'! Heehee.
Amanda - Why can't you have the flu shot? Are you allergic to the ingredients? Does it give you the flu instead?
As usual, your comments are profound. I heart you.
Suzanne - I never get the shot. I refused it while pregnant. It is the one shot that still contains a gigantic dose of mercury.
Sadie - That's the problem with the "live virus" vaccines. I'm sorry you got sick.
Stephen - Perhaps the geese ate them?
Lisa from da block - You can borrow my book, if ya need. You're only a few feet away, after all, in case I need to hunt you down. haha.
Sarah, to answer your questions - Because I was a Guillain-Barre Syndrome patient, I cannot have any live virus shots. There was an outbreak of swine flu way back when that triggered relapses in GBS patients, so the best bet for me apparently is to avoid injecting myself directly with flu and trying very hard to avoid catching it naturally.
At the same time, I typically avoid medication anyway. The only medication I take is maybe once a month - when I take two Aleve for my PMS! And even then, I alone do it when a warm bath doesn't do the trick. I love warm bathes, haha.
Now, I have been guilty of diet pills. But I won't get into that. Just being honest. Damn vanity.
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