Please be advised that Governor Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, January 24, 2013 in honor of Sergeant First Class Michael J. Squillaci of Uxbridge who died January 16, 2013. This gubernatorial order applies to: 1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations
I am responding to the individual who was sick after receiving a flu shot. I do not get a flu shot so I cannot comment on a reaction; however, my elderly mother and senior citizen brother both had very severe reactions. My mother’s sickness worsens every year she receives the shot. My brother, received one for the first time this year, and was so sick (over a week) that he was almost hospitalized. I will not get a shot. My original reason to just say no is because of all the additives used to create the shot each year and the fact that there is no long term studies that can guarantee me that these substances won’t cause health problems in the future when we inject these chemicals year after year into our bodies. Now, knowing that close family member become extremely sick, I feel I’ve made the right decision for me personally. Perhaps many individuals do benefit by the receiving the vaccine but I am not ready, at this point in my life, to take the risk. I will continue to eat right, exercise and wash my hands frequently to lessen the risk of infection.
