I wouldn't know what they've said about it as I don't see or hear them much. Looked up Beck and turns out you're a bit off base - Beck is a little more nuanced than you claim - he's simply saying he's not going to take the swine flu vaccine and people should make their own minds as there are arguments for and against it.
As for my fam, we've had a flu shot but it wasn't the swine flu ... I'm not going to go out of my way to get a swine flu shot ... if its even available. I think its probably being hyped.
Now you otoh should definately not have contact with any living thing or leave your apartment or open your windows until you can get a government sanctioned swine flu shot. Till you can do that, do nothing but sit in your apartment and post on this thread non-stop. Doctors orders - jk.
BTW someone who IS anti-flu vaccine ( any vaccine anytime) is arch-liberal "rationalist" Bill Maher.
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Glenn Beck on H1N1 Flu Vaccine ManiaFriday, October 09, 2009
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BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "At Your Beck and Call" segment tonight: the swine flu vaccine. Right now it's being shipped all over the USA. Some people want it; some people don't. And Glenn Beck is right in the middle of that discussion.
Here is Mr. Beck, the author of the two — two, not one, two — best sellers.
GLENN BECK, HOST, "GLENN BECK": Wow.
O'REILLY: "Common Sense" and "Arguing with Idiots." Again, that is not Billy Joel that is on the cover. That is...
BECK: I swear that's Billy Joel.
O'REILLY: Looks just like Billy Joel.
BECK: That makes him very happy.
O'REILLY: All right. Now, look, you devoted your whole program today at 5 p.m. on the swine flu vaccine.
BECK: Were you watching?
O'REILLY: I did. I just hang on your every word. You know that.
BECK: I know, I know.
O'REILLY: So give me — give me what your, Glenn Beck — why spend an hour on the swine flu vaccine? No. 1, is it that important?
BECK: Yes.
O'REILLY: Why?
O'REILLY: They're — that's right. They're making a big deal out of it.
BECK: Yes.
O'REILLY: But the stats don't back it up yet.
BECK: Exactly right.
O'REILLY: It's not exactly the Black Death.
BECK: Exactly right. In fact — in fact, it's devolving. It's actually getting...
O'REILLY: They have to look for people...
BECK: Yes.
O'REILLY: ...with the swine flu.
BECK: Which — which begs the question, why are we — why are we having mandatory vaccinations? Why is this being...
O'REILLY: It's not mandatory, is it?
BECK: It is for health workers.
O'REILLY: For health workers. OK, OK. I got that. All right. So you get the CDC, the Center for Disease Control, in Atlanta and they basically say, OK, the health workers, because they come into contact with some Americans, let's be safe. Let's give them the vaccination. I got no problem with that. Do you?
BECK: Well, I do if I am a private citizen. I mean, I guess you can make the argument, well, then you know, you can go find another job. They weren't put in...
O'REILLY: You have to have some kind of...
BECK: Absolutely. The other question that people are asking is this was awfully fast. We're rushing to this. This is the very first time. I mean, remember, Bill, first it was, "Well, I don't know if we can get enough." Then there's only one company that makes it. Then there was two companies. Now there's five companies, and now there's a cocktail.
O'REILLY: And this is a great health care/Obamacare motive. If it's money in it, people are going to make it. So now we have the swine flu vaccine. All right. So it comes to your town. Are you going to get the swine flu vaccine?
BECK: I decided not to.
O'REILLY: Really? Back away a little. You're not going to get it?
BECK: No, I said I've decided not to share if I'm going to get it or not, because...
O'REILLY: Come on, Beck. Millions of people take their cue from you.
BECK: Look at this guy. Look at this guy. I know. They're like zombies.
O'REILLY: So — so tell them yes or no.
BECK: I'm not going to.
O'REILLY: I'm taking the swine flu vaccination.
BECK: Are you?
O'REILLY: I'm standing up.
BECK: Congratulations.
O'REILLY: I'm not — because you're not taking it, I'm not touching you.
BECK: You don't know if I am or not.
O'REILLY: Well, you're...
BECK: ...the whole thing (ph).
O'REILLY: I'm not touching you or shaking your hand until you take it.
BECK: Really?
O'REILLY: Yes. I don't want the swine flu from a guy like you.
BECK: Put a chip in my arm to make sure that I'm taking it.
O'REILLY: Oh, is that what it is? You think they're going to inject a chip in everybody's arm?
BECK: Actually, one of the reasons — that's one of the things we covered. That is one of the big things on the Internet, is that they're going to track you when you've taken...
O'REILLY: Inject something into you.
BECK: Yes. And we have — we've spent a lot of time…
O'REILLY: A lot of time on that.
BECK: …debunking that, yes. There's no chip coming.
O'REILLY: See, on "The Factor" we would spend...
BECK: I know it's a surprise. But see, you know...
O'REILLY: Just wait for me.
BECK: Yes.
O'REILLY: On "The Factor," we would spend two seconds debunking it: "That's nuts!" And we're finished with it. You don't have to do segments.
BECK: You have the credibility that I just don't have.
O'REILLY: Well, you're working toward that though, right?
BECK: You have 10 years of saying, "That's nuts!" And being right.
O'REILLY: Yes.
BECK: I have only got, like, six, eight months.
O'REILLY: And you haven't been right yet. So keep working at it. And — now, look, but you're not telling me that you, Glenn Beck, think that there's some sinister...
BECK: Hang on just a second. I just want everybody to know...
O'REILLY: Now you were right about...
BECK: Perfectly fine off the air. We're like, "Hey, Glenn, how are you doing?"
"Oh, fine."
He gets on, fangs come out.
O'REILLY: No. You were right about ACORN and the other guy, what's his name?
BECK: Van Jones.
O'REILLY: So you were right about him. Now, you're not going to say, no matter what — no matter what, you're not going to say you're going to take the swine flu vaccine?
BECK: I think this is important for everybody to make their own decision. This is injecting something into your body.
O'REILLY: All right.
BECK: And there is great arguments for and against. I mean, if you remember the swine flu of '76, you were, what, 50 back then?
O'REILLY: Yes.
BECK: So...
O'REILLY: But look, look how I've survived all these years from taking the vaccination.
BECK: You're looking good.
O'REILLY: For 112, I'm doing OK, because I followed the doctor.
BECK: Yes, I know. I know, I know.
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