Comments on: Flu Shot Cheerleader — Tragic Illness, Or Hoax?

By: ale

ale — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:11:27 +0000

it is not real
just watch this video
she was faking it
Is Desiree Jennings Flu Shot victim a liar?

By: jack

jack — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:01 +0000

Unreal. People wonder why American’s are such a stupid people. I’m sure there are thousands of people who still think this was real.

By: Duped

Duped — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:38:38 +0000

It’s a hoax people.. See InsideEdition’s update http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=wcrIqOr9Bsw and decide for yourself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:22:38 +0000

@ NO’s response:

Your statement about killing 1 in 1000 afflicted is actually a very big deal, and yes you can compare this scare with the polio scare and its vaccination efforts somewhat. I’ve just completed a graduate level microbiology course where we discussed things like this.

The polio virus caused paralysis in 1 out of every 200 infected. Doesn’t seem like a lot, and yes 199 people clear the infection without any adverse side effects. However, when MILLIONS are getting infected with polio, 1 in 200 becomes a very very big deal.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:52:53 +0000

I’m leaning towards hoax on this one, but who knows.

But for all the flu vaccine naysayers: the H1N1 vaccine was recommended for people most at-risk for fatal consequences of infection. Children and the elderly. Anyone inbetween and it’s elective. Also, a 1 in a million consequence vs. how deadly the H1N1 virus can be in at-risk age groups outweighs the risk.

WHY THE SWINE FLU IS IMPORTANT:
It caries the same serotype as the 1918 flu, which killed 50-100 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. The scare was that the swine flu could be just as virulent (capable of infecting) and fatal. All viruses start out slow, so tracking potentially pandemic and fatal viruses is very important.

Dismissing a virus or any infectious disease purely because you haven’t seen it kill millions yet and is being covered a lot in the news is just idiotic.

By: John

John — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:35:41 +0000

I like how she has a stuffed animal in one interview…what a joke..its amazing what people will do to get attention. I’d like to have seen her practicing ways she would walk. And the talking sounds so fake. Also, what in her body would allow her brain to function normally when she runs. She probably made that the case so she could stay in shape while she had the “disease”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:27:45 +0000

This is extremely strange case and yet people not notice that its a hoax, though it can be some tragic illness such as a neurological disorder where as because of depression or pressure a human being does the strangest hings such as acting disordered as this cheerleader but people feel sympathetic for her, but if you look closely when the reporter asks her that shes perfectly fine she does her drama again. In this state a person either is not getting proper attention from family and so their attention is directed towards the public. This can not be a flue shot disease because the symptons are not accurate. So based on the evidence this could be a hoax or a neurogical deoression disease.

By: No

No — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:36 +0000

You people are mostly idiots. At both sides of the argument. You present information that is not at all relevant to the subject and then jump to the conclusion that swine flu is either good or bad.

Vaccines have mostly or entirely eliminated polio and mumps. OK, but what the fuck does that have to do with the swine flu? The swine flu kills around 1 in every 1000 afflicted, max. And then it goes away entirely after a few days in the other 999. Comparing flu vaccine to polio vaccine is senseless — try again.

Oh, and the flu killed one person you read about in a news article, therefore we should all get vaccinated. Stupid shit logic if I’ve ever heard it. A child drowned in a pool the other day, should we drain all the pools in our country? Maybe it is sensible to get the vaccine, but not for the reason that you read about a case of someone dying. So be less stupid and fear-driven, and make informed decisions.

In any event, we should all be happy with the flu vaccine even if you choose not to get it yourself. The people that do get it reduce the spread of the disease, which benefits everyone. So maybe the vaccine does some terrible things to people occasionally and you don’t want to get it. Great, then don’t get it. But you’ll still benefit from others getting the vaccine, so stop whining.

And if some people don’t want to get the vaccine, stop fucking bagging on them. There are totally legitimate reasons for choosing to opt out. Swine flu is mostly deadly to a specific subpopulation. If you are not part of this group, getting the vaccine is incredibly less worthwhile, to the extent of being basically worthless. Healthy twenty-something men and women aren’t at risk of dying enough to bother with a vaccine. If I am in a not at-risk population and my chances of dying from the swine flu are 1 in 1,000,000 whereas my chances of contracting a crazy neurological disease from a vaccine are 1 in 1,000,000, I should promptly realize that the vaccine does not benefit me.

By: Antaeus Feldspar

Antaeus Feldspar — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:18:50 +0000

I think it should be noted that the only one who is claiming she has dystonia is herself. She says doctors at Johns Hopkins, or at the Mayo Clinic, diagnosed her with dystonia - but here’s the thing, not a single one has ever been named, much less been interviewed in all this news coverage to confirm what she claims is her medical condition.

You also won’t find real dystonia sufferers coming to Jennings’ support, because none of them think she has actual dystonia. The major dystonia support organizations have come forward and said that her symptoms are nothing like those of dystonia. Why is it that people will circularly assert that she *must* be believed to have a real disorder, because thinking critically about it would be being too mean to a woman suffering from a crippling disorder (that’s some quality circular logic, there!) but at the same time they IGNORE what’s being said by the people who REALLY DO have the disorder she purportedly has??

By: Adamas

Adamas — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:57:14 +0000

OMG! This issue with the flu shot, cheerleader and neurologic disorder have gone far in anti vaccination campaigns. I agree to the responses that vaccines may cause harm (just like any pharmaceutical product) but it does more good than harm. Without the vaccines, then we will see more of the polio cases or mumps cases during these recent years, but thanks to them we haven’t had any epidemics or pandemics on most of these preventable diseases. The neurologic disorder of this cheerleader does not give a definite correlation to the vaccine, there is a chance that it could be due to something else. She’s already an adult, there is a possiblility that she have received other vaccines before(causing no probs), or maybe even last years flu shot vaccine. What I mean is, this may not be her first time. So the disorder may not be caused by the vaccine. It was just a coincidence that she received a vaccine few days prior to the onset of her dystonia. We can also look at the possibility that there could be genetic factor that was triggered on adult onset.Unless a comprehensive study is done to isolate the cause of her disorder, we cannot blame it on the vaccine. And there is no need for you people to call others nasty names for the reason of giving opinions based on facts and examples. I think the facts being laid out just outright fuels your immature understanding on vaccines because you know that these are TRUE and it’s more difficult to push your “anti” ideas when the facts are slapping you on the face.