Its actually been posted on several threads now.Still its a great reminder of why I won't get a shot.

That poor girl.

And yeah the people who came up with this assume no liability.

But can you blame the people who are immunizing that are just following orders and doing their jobs?

I don't think so.

But if it were me, I would quit my job.

Rare side effects happen with all medications, not just vaccines.

Why would a young, healthy person take a seasonal flu shot? Vaccines should be treated as a last line of defense for diseases that are a real threat. She had a one in a million reaction but they do happen. The only way to manage that risk is to not expose yourself to it unless you face very real damage or death without it.

Pandemic virus that starts killing people in your age and health group in large numbers? If you cannot isolate yourself then that's a real threat.

Season flu when you are young and healthy? Not a real threat.

Take Gardasil for example. This is a vaccine which is dangerous and is causing a lot of serious reactions. Not rare, common reactions.

Gardasil is meant to prevent a disease which can be avoided by behavior. If you refrain from unprotected sex with people who have not been tested you won't get it outside of a contraceptive failure. There is no real threat that can only be countered by the vaccine.

The answer is to be smart about your health. Don't treat vaccines like aspirin but don't go into hysterics over them either. The way I look at it is if I face a tangible threat without taking it to my life then it's worthy of consideration, otherwise I avoid them completely.