Share wrote: (snip) > Anyway, the flu shots have both mercury and aluminum in them and aren't > necessarily helpful for the current flu happening. This is a controversial > position > on it.
Yes, anti-vax positions are highly controversial, mostly because they're based on ignorance. For example, you get far more mercury from eating a piece of fish than from getting a flu shot. The amount in a flu shot is negligible. Same with aluminum. Babies get far more aluminum in breast milk than in a flu vaccine. As to "the current flu happening," note that there are many different strains of flu "happening" in any given season. It's very rare, however, that a seasonal flu vaccine will miss the more significant strains of flu virus circulating in that season.
