There is a marked placebo affect of vaccines. Up to 15% of people given saline develop typical vaccine like side effects. So maybe our immune systems aren't so different.
That seems so strange - but maybe will find out more about the mind and its effects.
I used to have to take tablets for acid reflux that used to occur virtually every night at around the same time - but I hate taking 'unnecessary' (?) tablets - and found I could actually stop the pain by virtue of the mind. The only problem was, when I nodded off again, the pain came back. Probably nothing to do with my mind - and the pain was cyclic or something - but I really felt I could control it.
I've booked an appointment at the local pharmacy for a paid-for flu jab next week. I have a number of events coming up in November/December that will involve mixing with lots of people and I'd like to have developed the protection by then. I'd pay for it anyway, but my boss sent round an email saying they would reimburse people for the cost (many are under 50 never mind 64). They reckon it costs less than having people off sick.
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I hope you don't need to use modern drugs, eat food with any additives, use detergents, consume meat, eggs,fish, wear woollen clothes @mac12. It would be awful if you discovered that you had an extra face too😳
So what you're saying is animal cruelty is ok when it benefits you, if that's not to faced I don't know what is.
Are you referring to my post?
If so, I despair.
I am I don't understand how apologies can help any animal I'm someone who says things how I see them I'll kill animals and eat all meat but don't apologise afterwards
I hope you don't need to use modern drugs, eat food with any additives, use detergents, consume meat, eggs,fish, wear woollen clothes @mac12. It would be awful if you discovered that you had an extra face too😳
I use any drugs needed, eat any animal and use any chemicals I need to but I can admit that and don't feel that I have to apologise
Not scared, maybe, but perhaps something more complex.
I grew up in a household where science was seen as the be all and end all. According to the other members of my family, science was the way forward for Mankind.
My brother trained as a vet. He is 10 years older than me so his career was well underway while I was still a child. As a vet, he could deal with the pets but he was useless at dealing with the owners so he went into research.
Some time into his career, I asked him what exactly his research involved. This was my shocking introduction to vivisection. Before that,I had had little understanding of what some aspects of science involved.
There and then, I made the decision that my life would involve as little animal cruelty as possible. So I became an organic gardener for example.
If I went shopping I looked for things that had a sticker on them saying that they had not been tested on animals.
And then a few years ago I got a chronic illness. My doctors told me that I needed to take some pretty serious medication. I asked if there was an alternative. I was told that I could have blood removed from time to time and take aspirin instead. I reckoned that aspirin as a medicine was so old that it was likely never tested on animals. So for six years I went along with that.
Last year, I was told that the aspirin and blood letting was no longer coping with my problem and I was told that I should take chemotherapy tablets every day in addition to the aspirin and the blood letting.
With a heavy heart I accepted, but each morning when I take my chemotherapy tablet I apologise under my breath to the many animals that had to live short, miserable lives so that I could exist in relative comfort.
This appears to say you don't like animal cruelty but when you need medication it's ok if you apologise first
@mac12, just because you can respond to a post, doesn’t mean that you have to, or should. Poor Pansyface has said how bad she feels, so what was your point in responding? To make her feel worse? Why? I don’t think she will be the only one using the ignore setting.
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I'm someone who says things how I see them I'll kill animals and eat all meat but don't apologise afterwards
I don’t think she will be the only one using the ignore setting.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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