20mcg is the usual amount of methylmercury found in a can of 'light' tuna. There are difference between methylmercury and ethylmercury, but the similarity in the amounts of a can of light tuna fish, which Canada, doesn't restrict in the diets of pregnant women and a once a year flu shot, helps put the amount of thimerosal in flu vaccine in perspective.
And for those who believe that injection versus eating matters, here's a surprise. If you were to accidentally or deliberately swallow the mercury from an old thermometer, without inhaling it, you would be OK. Because almost all the mercury goes straight through your body. But almost all the methylmercury from food you eat does reach the bloodstream. Eventually it will be excreted, but that's also true of the ethylmercury in thimerosal.
Scripter, who comments at Huffington-Post has put together a nice list of resources on the can of tuna versus flu vaccine issue. Here it is.
As if it would do any good. Once someone latches onto a conspiracy theory, there's no letting go. Unfortunately, this is a dangerous one, since some people will be scared into not getting immunized for a variety of diseases, which could lead to their reintroduction to the general population (see, whooping cough) So, OK, I'll bite:
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