The famous phrase "To be, or not to be" from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet attempted to explain the main character of the story, Prince Hamlet, contemplation of death and suicide. He bemoaned the pains and unfairness of life but acknowledged the alternative might be still worse. Now a days "To vaccine or not to vaccine", has become one of the most virulent debates of our era, as we, much like the fictional young prince are forced to contemplate what may very well be a decision between life and death. It seems the rest of the animal kingdom is not immune from the dogmatic arguments associated with this debate, as Industrial poultry farmers in the Midwest divide on the issue of whether or not to vaccinate their herds. The vaccine debate has turned into a full blown battle over the last year, as even wired magazine cannot ignore the new battlefield of Twitter, which has been leveraged effectively by believers in informed consent, to block and hinder the progress of medical tyranny in California. Much like humans it seems free range birds, or birds which are raised naturally to have strong immune systems without vaccination, are experiencing an epidemiological mystery as backyard chickens are so far immune to the massive bird flu outbreak present in nearby chicken factories of the Midwest. The hubris of the medical establishment is seemingly never ending as yet another example of this cartoon level incompetence surfaced today out of the CDC, as they announced their tweaks to this years flu shot will simply be the addition of last years missing strain to the chemical concoction. Http://www.robertscottbell.com/?p=28847