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While I do believe in things that science can't explain and also science that can possibly explain energy masses, I don't believe it's moving a big piece of plastic. I have tried it once when I was younger and it did creep the crap out of me. I guess when you write a random name and birth date on a piece of paper that you get stuck in your head and not participate, fold the paper, sit on it and the letters/numbers are a 100% match, it'll do that to you. Nobody saw me write on the paper and my hands weren't on the board. Stuff like that happens a lot to me. I'm just the woman of mass coincidences.

This is mah angry face!! :evil:

It's certainly mother's day here in Australia :thumbsup: That's nice to hear you're seeing a movie together

Happy mother's day! Say hello to pancake flower, Brent's new mother's day invention and quite yummy :lol: Hope you were all nice to your mum and made her breakfast/coffee/tea in bed with a big old kiss and cuddle ;)

so click on your pop up ad and adjust the settings to allow the pictures :P Happy birthday to me!!!!!!!

I was about to go for a nanna nap but raiden woke up -.- its my birthday tomorrow!

Let's encourage sexual abuse for money on a family website -.-

How the hell did you manage to get bruises on your back???? :o

Bouncer!!!! (aka [cabbage] in the garage a lot)

finished 5 page analysis on child development then realized they want another 5 pages to implement strategies.... Why don't I ever read the "part B's".

Well good thing is that if she's not popular and rejects you it won't be widely known :P

Brent got offered a higher paying job - while doing his current job :lol: He just happened to be helping a multi-millionaire ceo on the other end of the phone line who liked his people skills and handed over his email address to get in touch. Good work babe!! see what happens

oops nvm I read it wrong

Gee thanks, last time I explain things to people -.-

Sorry to hear about Cary's my son was born 7 weeks premature and also in the ICU. I also had diabetes during pregnancy, so he was almost 7 pounds (3+kg), (quite good considering the staff see babies between 1-2kg at that age). Did mum get 2 steroid injections within the first 48 hours to help strengthen her lungs? They should be fine, normally lungs have no problem developing after 35 weeks. The eye infection may be Jaundice, keep an eye on it because jaundice is especially common in babies who are born to mothers who had gestational diabetes as well as being a prem. They may have to put her on the light table (it's so cute they look like little frogs in there). Seeing the little tubes up their nose can be a little daunting but I'm sure she will do fine she looks very healthy. Normally they'll keep prems in until at least 36 weeks corrected age, hope she is feeding okay! Best wishes :

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:lol: I'm all for vaccines just in case anyone thinks I'm not, I say if there is a strong chance it will help you, do it especially look after your children. But yeah before making it mandatory, forget the "it's my body" argument, think about people who actually can't have the flu vax or the actual effectiveness in at-risk people. With statistics as low as 30% effectiveness for at-risk people, is it worth it? *scratches head*.

Went to see my parents, had lunch with brent's parents, tried to find my son a new bed (one with rails up the side... does anyone know where to get attached ones?) then found that someone had stolen $140.00 out of my hand bag :(

It's all good I just don't like to feel interrogated :-# I have to go for now but after reading through my friend's article here are some other reasons why the flu vaccine shouldn't be mandatory: It seems the flu vaccine works best in healthy patients (70%-90% effectiveness) and so should be encouraged, especially during pregnancy. Warrior, I know you mentioned that you thought the vaccine should be mandatory for at-risk groups but it seems from the aforementioned study at-risk groups have as little as 30% effectiveness, therefore nowhere near as effective as healthy persons. I like your idea about children though, I think from memory there was a study in the list I provided you with about how health professionals should be targeting children foremost instead of seniors.

I don't think that's any of your business, don't ask again, especially in the middle of a thread :wall:

Hi warrior I'll pm you tonight when I have some more time, @ adr I've studied lots of things, I'm now studying children's services for a backdoor entry in to teaching and maybe human resources. I mainly came on here to post the link to my friend's latest advice, she's a post graduate pediatric nurse who just finished her article all facts on the flu vaccine: http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/1 ... Pregnancy/ Please feel free to vote and leave a comment on her article she is an amazingly intelligent woman who put a lot of time and effort in to her post.

Going to ricks engagement party yaaaaaaaaay! congrats shelly and rick! :thumbsup: *thinks* I've been engaged for about 5-6 months now and still haven't had our party yet :lol: it's going to be a long engagement.

Hey warrior haven't forgotten about you have a bit to get done today (2 tarot readings, hydro bath the dog at the shelter, visit brent's mum and dad, find a present for rick and shelly, find a bigger bed for raiden and some computer tables, go to the city, then go to rick's engagement party). Some may be repeats sorry in a rush. Oh btw my friend is almost done with her report she had to print 60 pages off and critically analyse them to the best of her ability. Bias exposure & some examples of poor-quality information: http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/in ... -idiots-2/ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/35281.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/139150.php http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract ... b12_2/b354 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/ ... 50?papetoc http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179553,00.html http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/2/352 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... alth_rss20 http://healthscents4u.com/FluVaccine.aspx http://www.medicalconsumers.org/pages/F ... ctive.html http://www.parentdish.com/2008/09/25/fl ... r-infants/ http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/c ... 116/5/1214 flu shots and seniors: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousD ... cines/6775 http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/st ... 368199.htm http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/conte ... t/35/2/337 http://nejm.highwire.org/cgi/content/ab ... 57/14/1373 You will need access to these, try through your uni website: A meta-analysis of effectiveness of influenza vaccine in persons aged 65 years and over living in the community Vaccine Volume 20, Issues 13-14, ScienceDirect Effects of influenza vaccination in HIV-infected adults: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Vaccine Volume 16, Issues 9-10, ScienceDirect Flu vaccine & children, 2 relating to children with asthma: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/ab ... 84/13/1677 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1273527 http://171.66.122.149/cgi/content/abstract/169/4/488 http://www.virtualcancercentre.com/pda/ ... artid=1177 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/342/4/275 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/c ... /115/2/453 Flu vaccine & egg allergy ( :lol: ....) http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve ... 490201463X Pregnant studies: http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/searc ... emNum=9155 http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ajrp/abstr ... 29!8091!-1 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve ... 7804021027 links to brain damage, from use of flu vaccine in pregnancy? http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/ ... 10793.html healthy adults: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/333/14/889

Science direct, infoseek, medical journals and googlescholar - the evidence is very scattered be sure to watch out for bias some articles were full of it and had to disregard their information completely. There was also a CNN report from memory but yet the health systems were still promoting the vaccine even after the shot proved that it had not saved a single seniors life :P If you can't find the articles I'm referring to I'll have to dig them back up, I don't bookmark these things and I should. I soak up the facts like a sponge and then when I need to resort back to the main source, I shoot myself in the foot. Plus I think someone already said, if the flu vaccination is so successful then why should it be mandatory for everyone? If you got your shot, you're safe ;) I'll link you guys to a research paper by a friend of mine shortly, she's a pediatric nurse (post grad) who is half way through writing her new article "flu vaccination - all facts"

Hey just out of curiosity, what do you base your opinion on warrior? I'm just shocked by your response as a biology student. Unless you're talking about vaccinations in general against deadly diseases for example, 3 month and 6 month immunizations and whether they should be mandatory, in those cases I believe in certain types of vaccinations being mandatory. In that scenario it would be the duty of a responsible parent to protect their children from deadly diseases. Where as there is very little evidence at all besides pregnancy, fetal and infant studies for the benefits of flu vaccination. And in one double blinded experiment, infants were more likely to react to the placebo. The sources are so scattered and biased that there is currently another huge study being done in healthy patients in Brisbane alone. Is there something so significant that has happened recently that I may have missed?