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A recent study in the New England Journal of
Medicine concluded that the flu shot not only protects the elderly against the
flu but also against heart disease and stroke. The large study involved over
286,000 senior citizens and revealed that hospital stays for heart disease or
stroke during two flu seasons were much lower among individuals who received flu
shots.
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"