South Dakota opens flu hotline

The form of mercury(ethylmercury) in these vaccines is processed by the body very quickly and has been shown to cause absolutely no damage in any form. In fact, the amount of ethylmercury (non-accumulative) found in vaccines is tiny compared to the amount of methylmercury (accumulative, and actually harmful) that everyone, on average, takes in everyday.

All of the SCIENTIFIC studies show that the vaccines are perfectly safe. As a columnist you should be aware of your sources - a playboy model does not know more about efficacy and safety of vaccines then people with multiple PhD's who have spent their life studying their effects. Vaccines, including flu vaccines, have been shown beyond a doubt to be perfectly safe for everyone (barring an extremely rare allergic reaction that may possibly occur in very few people).

Learn to get your facts from people who know what they are talking about, not conspiracy theorists out to make a buck selling "alternative cures" that have been proven to not work.

Think VERY hard about the proven safety and efficacy of the flu vaccine when deciding whether to get it or put yours and other's children at risk to die. Do it not only for your own children, but for those who are immuno-suppressed and can't fight off the flu. A friend of mine has a son who has leukemia, and he can't go to preschool because other parent's are too indifferent to properly care for their children and get them vaccinated. Every unvaccinated child he meets could lead to his death. Please don't support the preventable deaths of children based on what a Playboy model says about vaccines, listen to your doctor and get the shot.