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Originally posted by 2kni3
To the maker of this thread
1. Do you realize on the label of the swine flu vaccine .. it states This vaccine is not guaranteed to be safe
2. The vaccine makers are immune to any law suits ( meaning if you are harmed by it .. TOO BAD .. you cannot sue )
[edit on 23-10-2009 by 2kni3]
reply to post by Aggie Man
Answer: This stubborn myth drives the experts nuts. Rumors have been swirling around the H1N1 vaccine ever since the epidemic began. The truth is that the H1N1 vaccine is manufactured in exactly the same way as the seasonal flu vaccine, experts say, and six decades of experience support its safety. Like the seasonal flu vaccine, scientists expect the H1N1 vaccine to cut the risk of coming down with the flu by between 70 percent and 90 percent.
How'd the forced smallpox vaccination work out? What about the polio vaccination huh?
Originally posted by retroviralsounds
Originally posted by 2kni3
To the maker of this thread
1. Do you realize on the label of the swine flu vaccine .. it states This vaccine is not guaranteed to be safe
2. The vaccine makers are immune to any law suits ( meaning if you are harmed by it .. TOO BAD .. you cannot sue )
[edit on 23-10-2009 by 2kni3]
Dude, no joke, it literally says that on the vial of 95% of vaccines.
Tex AM, thanks for spreading some truth around these boards, it was beginning to seem like I am the only person with a head still on their shoulders around here. I love all the talk about following the heard to get the vaccine, when really, everyone here is following the heard to not get the vaccine.
And in a more general comment: How is everyone's MMR vaccination doing? (measles mumps rubella) How'd the forced smallpox vaccination work out? What about the polio vaccination huh?
EXACTLY.
You all have been vaccinated 5-6 times in your life already, with no ill effects. The vaccine was made in no different a way, and will have no different of effects.
I currently am vaccinated with two IND's (investigational new drugs) and barely had anything more than a very small bump from either, and one of them has pretty much already saved my life.
But just as A&M said, its your decision, but don't come back to the table of science crying because your hungry but don't like the taste of what we cooked for dinner. (which historically has happened 100% of the time)
EDIT TO SAY ONE MORE THING: I guarentee you no vaccine produced these days has thimerosol in it pal, I believe it's not approved for human use by the FDA.
[edit on 25-10-2009 by retroviralsounds]
But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza is wrong? What if flu vaccines do not protect people from dying—particularly the elderly, who account for 90 percent of deaths from seasonal flu? And what if the expensive antiviral drugs that the government has stockpiled over the past few years also have little, if any, power to reduce the number of people who die or are hospitalized? The U.S. government—with the support of leaders in the public-health and medical communities—has put its faith in the power of vaccines and antiviral drugs to limit the spread and lethality of swine flu. Other plans to contain the pandemic seem anemic by comparison. Yet some top flu researchers are deeply skeptical of both flu vaccines and antivirals. Like the engineers who warned for years about the levees of New Orleans, these experts caution that our defenses may be flawed, and quite possibly useless against a truly lethal flu. And that unless we are willing to ask fundamental questions about the science behind flu vaccines and antiviral drugs, we could find ourselves, in a bad epidemic, as helpless as the citizens of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Demonstrating the efficacy (or lack thereof) of vaccine and antivirals during flu season would not be hard to do, given the proper resources. Take a group of people who are at risk of getting the flu, and randomly assign half to get vaccine and the other half a dummy shot. Then count the people in each group who come down with flu, suffer serious illness, or die. (A similarly designed trial would suffice for the antivirals.) It might sound coldhearted, but it is the only way to know for certain whether, and for whom, current remedies actually work. It would also be useful to know whether vaccinating healthy people—who can mount an immune response on their own—protects the more vulnerable people around them. For example, immunizing nursing-home staff and healthy children is thought to reduce the spread of flu to the elderly and the immune-compromised. Pinning down the effectiveness of this strategy would be a bit more complex, but not impossible.
All of which leaves open the question of what people should do when faced with a decision about whether to get themselves and their families vaccinated. There is little immediate danger from getting a seasonal flu shot, aside from a sore arm and mild flu-like symptoms. The safety of the swine flu vaccine remains to be seen. In the absence of better evidence, vaccines and antivirals must be viewed as only partial and uncertain defenses against the flu. And they may be mere talismans. By being afraid to do the proper studies now, we may be condemning ourselves to using treatments based on illusion and faith rather than sound science.
Originally posted by Aggie Man
The vaccine contains no adjuvants -- additives that can boost a drug's effectiveness. It is available without the preservative thimerosal, which contains mercury and has raised health concerns even though no studies have linked it with any problems. You can't get the flu from the vaccine. And more than a billion doses of the H1N1 vaccine have already been distributed without any unexpected side effects or other warning signs. (The only real risk is for people who are severely allergic to chicken eggs or other ingredients in the vaccine. Those allergies are rare.)