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Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
My Personal Swine Flu Experience
In 1976 there was a potential swine flu pandemic and President Ford authorized that all Americans should get the shot. One soldier had died; the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic in America began with soldiers, and the idea was to avoid that again. About 40 million Americans got inoculated. The problem was, the side effects; Guillian-Barre syndrome, which is a paralyzing nerve disease. The inoculations were stopped because about five hundred people got this syndrome and thirty died from it.
I had just joined the Navy when this had happened, and all military personnel were ordered to get the shot. I had quarterdeck watch the night I got the shot, and was feeling a little light headed when I reported for watch. I had been on the quarterdeck for a while, and I started to feel really bad. The officer of the deck was turned away from me when I collapsed on the ladder leading down to the deck. Just at that time another officer came around the corner and I remember his distant voice saying, "Stand up when you're on duty Seaman". I pulled myself up by the rail and the officer of the deck turned and walked over to me. I remember us talking for a bit, and the officer saying I was relieved from watch, to hit my rack. I did, and went into convulsions for the next few hours and then passed out. No one thought anything of this. I didn't. I didn't realize till later I could have died from this.
I had just joined the Navy when this had happened, and all military personnel were ordered to get the shot. I had quarterdeck watch the night I got the shot, and was feeling a little light headed when I reported for watch. I had been on the quarterdeck for a while, and I started to feel really bad. The officer of the deck was turned away from me when I collapsed on the ladder leading down to the deck. Just at that time another officer came around the corner and I remember his distant voice saying, "Stand up when you're on duty Seaman". I pulled myself up by the rail and the officer of the deck turned and walked over to me. I remember us talking for a bit, and the officer saying I was relieved from watch, to hit my rack. I did, and went into convulsions for the next few hours and then passed out. No one thought anything of this. I didn't. I didn't realize till later I could have died from this.
Divers Thoughts on the News
Big in the news today is swine flu. Let's see, Obama hasn't named a CDC chief or a Surgeon General; health care is one of his highest priorities don't ya know. The MSM and Dems are blaming the Republicans for the outbreak here in the US because they voted against the TRILLION dollar omnibus bill which included pandemic preparations. Ummmm, how is disease prevention going to stimulate the financial sector? Just asking.
Driving home from church yesterday morning I was ruminating over what all the Leftists control. Mainstream media, movie and television industry, universities, House, Senate, Executive, and Judicial. All that and they cry because of Rush, Hannity, Levin and Fox News. Fox News, for those people that watch it know they have a bunch of Leftists on all the time. I watch or read the other MSM and it's all Leftists all the time.
Obama's first hundred days. MSM is yelling from the rooftops how much has been accomplished and how the prez is the smartest man on the planet (remember too that Clinton is the smartest woman on the planet, except for the misogyny thing the dems and Obama launched during the campaign). From where I sit, I see all the money in the "stimulus" package ineffective, misspent or lost. He traveled around alot, including earth day when he left a huge carbon footprint flying around burning thousands of gallons of fuel. I don't see any accomplishments. Well, maybe he's increased divisivess, along with ammo and gun sales. Good grief.
Driving home from church yesterday morning I was ruminating over what all the Leftists control. Mainstream media, movie and television industry, universities, House, Senate, Executive, and Judicial. All that and they cry because of Rush, Hannity, Levin and Fox News. Fox News, for those people that watch it know they have a bunch of Leftists on all the time. I watch or read the other MSM and it's all Leftists all the time.
Obama's first hundred days. MSM is yelling from the rooftops how much has been accomplished and how the prez is the smartest man on the planet (remember too that Clinton is the smartest woman on the planet, except for the misogyny thing the dems and Obama launched during the campaign). From where I sit, I see all the money in the "stimulus" package ineffective, misspent or lost. He traveled around alot, including earth day when he left a huge carbon footprint flying around burning thousands of gallons of fuel. I don't see any accomplishments. Well, maybe he's increased divisivess, along with ammo and gun sales. Good grief.
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