reply to post by memarf1
Yes. Back then, other than demanding tranquilizers, getting the infant polio/dpt shots, and using that generation of antibiotics, people relied on
doctor advice for drugs. Direct advertising to potential users (i.e. EVERYONE!) didn't begin till 20 years later.
So folks looked with suspicion on those flu shots, and the program fell apart as soon as reports of neurological side affects hit the nightly news.
IMO drugs have been increasingly used to make sure workers don't take sick days off from work (for either the worker or family member), as worker
illness hits the bottom line (profit) and disrupts the business.
Increase drug use is also great for pharma profits! Come up with a need for a drug, push it directly to the potential user, bypassing the medical
profession, and voila, more profits!
Since the flu has already swept through my town, no one is alarmed by it anymore, treating it as a regular flu, and will have no need for the shot.
Thank God!
Oh, I wanted to add that a person I know will be continuing to undergo surgery to repair damage done to joints from a drug he took. It was NOT a
lifesaving drug BTW.