The regular flu shot contains dangerous substances, including mercury, formaldehyde and phenol.
Dr. Mercola has never used any anti-flu medication in his life yet he has never gone down with the flu in over 20 years. Here are his simple ways to avoid all types of flu: [snipped for length, click the link]
Re: Dr. Mercola, it should be pointed out that there isn’t any proof of causality between all his organic-living type recommendations and his flu-less-ness. He could have a resilient constitution, and all his vitamins and garlic have nothing to do with anything. Some people are naturally sickly, and perhaps no amount of garlic will keep them safe from cold or flu.
Occasionally you hear of a 95 year old guy who smokes five cigars a day. The secret of not getting lung cancer? Smoking! To him at least.
Statistics are bigger than any man. Individual cases do not project onto large populations.
Please check out this excellent post explaining some problems with Mercola’s positions on the flu vaccine.
The things that trigger red flags for me: He makes his money from selling “natural health” products, and books about the same. He believes in homeopathy, which is absolutely insane. He dismisses the CDC’s flu death counts as overinflated because they include the deaths of flu sufferers who ultimately succumb to pneumonia. I wonder if he thinks AIDS deaths are overinflated for the same reason. Speaking of AIDS, Dr. Mercola doesn’t believe it’s linked to HIV.
Mercola’s helpful hints are good hints on how to stay healthy in general, but perhaps he’s not the person to look to for critical medical advice.
