More than half of all adult Americans say they don't want to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new national poll. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday also indicates that the number of adults who have tried to get the vaccine but were turned away is higher than the number of adults who have gotten a swine flu shot. According to the poll, 55 percent of adults don't want to get the swine flu vaccine and don't plan to get a shot. Another one in five say they want to get inoculated but haven't taken any steps to do so; 14 percent want a shot and have tried to get it but have been unsuccessful. Just 7 percent have been inoculated for H1N1. Why are more than half of all Americans shunning the vaccine? "The perception that the vaccine has dangerous side effects is the top reason," says CNN polling director Keating Holland. "Roughly half of those who don't want a swine flu shot say that the possibility of side effects is one reason why they don't plan to get the vaccine. That works out to 28 percent of the adult population who don't plan to get inoculated due to the risk of dangerous side effects." So far officials of the National Institutes of Health say they've seen no serious side effects in clinical trials and that study subjects who have been immunized have generated a good response. – CNN
Dominant Social Theme: People are being silly?
Free-Market Analysis: As there is little need for another "me too" publication of any type (on the Internet or elsewhere) we try to make ourselves useful by doing what other publications, even Internet ones, do not. And that is continually defining and then analyzing the success or failure of the dominant social themes (promotions or memes) – that the monetary elite inflicts upon the Western world – from a free-market perspective. Well, it did inflict them anyway, and on a regular basis. But we would offer the thought (and we do) that it is getting a good deal harder in the era of the Internet.
Our readers may not think we are entirely serious when we write that the Internet is analogous to the Gutenberg press and that it will create similar changes in Western society. Not only that, but we are fairly well convinced that the education has already taken place and the message has been sent, and that the results are increasingly being felt. Like a stone thrown into a pond, the Internet has already spread compelling information about free-markets, honest money and how history (and militarism) really works. The ripples are busily spreading as young people (many are young) talk to their siblings and parents and friends, especially in America and Britain.
Of course talking doesn't do much in a vacuum, but the monetary crisis – which the monetary elite may perversely have sought in our humble opinion – has wonderfully concentrated minds. Something is wrong with the system, people have decided. And the free-market principles that the Internet is wonderful at spreading have handily arrived with a solution of sorts.
So ... we can see the impact in this amazing article about how people are viewing the latest swine flu vaccine. Turn on any mainstream radio station or TV channel, or read any mainstream magazine or newspaper and you will be virtually inundated with information about this vaccine and who should take it and why. Given this level of sincerity and the plethora of earnest coverage, you would think that those absorbing the message would be favorably disposed toward the process, even if they don't plan to participate themselves.
But apparently, according to this poll, they are not. There is, in fact, seemingly abiding suspicion out there amongst the public, skepticism about another big government solution to a problem that has been touted but that does not seem to have as of yet touched people's lives, and maybe never will.
Conclusion: What's odd about this article is that it reports the poll findings without attempting to even make a suggestion as to why (despite an endless bombardment of government propaganda) Americans continue to be skeptical of this vaccination and seemingly mistrustful of the information given to them about it and the necessity for it. Since we have noted that the mainstream media itself has, in our opinion, been trumpeting the problem (the scary nature of swine flu) and the solution (the vaccine) for umpteen months, you would think people would be generally more positive. The only place where the flu has been dramatically questioned and the vaccine derided is on the Internet. Coincidence? We think not!
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