The flu vaccine is prepared from the fluids of chick embryos inoculated with a specific type(s) of influenza virus. The strains of flu virus in the vaccine are inactivated with formaldehyde and preserved with thimerosal, which is a mercury derivative.
• FORMALDEHYDE a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH2O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
• MERCURY a silver-white poisonous heavy metallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures and is used especially in batteries.
• ALUMINUM Cardiovascular toxicant, blood toxicant, respiratory toxicant
• POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL We know it as "Anti-Freeze"
• PHENOL Cardiovascular, Blood, gastrointestinal & Liver toxicant
• ANIMAL TISSUE & BLOOD
• ANIMAL VIRUSES
**I have never had a flu shot and I never will...