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A FLU vaccine dangerous to children was rolled out across Australia despite serious side effects detected in a clinical trial.
And some doctors are still mistakenly injecting children with the CSL-produced Fluvax three years after it was banned for young children because of the risk of high fevers and fits.
The Sunday Times can reveal that a baby suffered a febrile convulsion and 20 other children recorded such high fevers they could not be given their second dose, during a clinical trial that started a year before Fluvax triggered febrile convulsions in 100 children.
*SNIP* (By me)
An investigation by The Sunday Times reveals that doctors have mistakenly given the CSL-produced Fluvax to 11 children in recent weeks, including two in WA.
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Unvaccinated children should be held back from school and groups spreading anti-vaccination messages should be punished, according to the federal president of the Australian Medical Association.
Dr Steve Hambleton said a report released on Thursday detailing national immunisation rates raised concerns about parents in certain areas not following vaccination guidelines.
''We should certainly make it difficult for [unvaccinated] children to get to school,'' said Steve Hambleton, responding to new national statistics on immunisation rates.
''And we should certainly have plans available to send all those children home if there are outbreaks.''
It is well known that fewer people are vaccinated in poorer neighbourhoods but Dr Hambleton said that ''perversely'' the data revealed there had been a reduction in vaccination rates in wealthier suburbs.
''These are parents who have got information, good information available and yet they are not vaccinating their children,'' Dr Hambleton said.
There is also a worrying undercurrent of vaccine objectors who believe conspiracy websites and reject public health guidelines.
A KILLER flu that's sweeping the US could end up Down Under.
The influenza season has hit early and hard in the United States.
Twenty children have died from the H2N3 virus that has swept across most of the country, there are vaccine shortages, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency.
There have already been five times as many cases reported in New York as there were in the entire flu season last year, and it's not clear if the season has yet peaked.
PUBLIC confidence in vaccination could be undermined after reports kids have been injected with a banned flu shot, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) said.
Some doctors are still mistakenly injecting kids with the CSL-produced Fluvax - three years after it was banned for young children due to the risk of high fevers and fits.
News Limited can reveal that a baby suffered a febrile convulsion and 20 other children recorded such high fevers they could not be given their second dose during a clinical trial that began a year before Fluvax triggered febrile convulsions in 100 children.
AMA president Steve Hambleton says it's concerning if true, as there are four other brands of vaccine safe for children as young as 6 months.
"We do have safe vaccines that we should be using for that age group," he told Network Ten earlier today.
Dr Hambleton said the AMA was very concerned about anything that undermined confidence in vaccination, which saved about 100 million lives each year.
Dr Hambleton said was important for the elderly, very young and children with chronic disease to be vaccinated against the flu.
AMA president Steve Hambleton says it's concerning if true, as there are four other brands of vaccine safe for children as young as 6 months.
"We do have safe vaccines that we should be using for that age group," he told Network Ten earlier today.
Originally posted by gps777
reply to post by Dark Ghost
Makes me wonder why they didn`t just burn the lot of it?
AMA president Steve Hambleton says it's concerning if true, as there are four other brands of vaccine safe for children as young as 6 months.
"We do have safe vaccines that we should be using for that age group," he told Network Ten earlier today.
Parents need to make damn sure! that your doctor doesn`t use fluvax and uses one of the other four safe brands of vaccine,if your going to get your kids vaccinated.
Don`t simply rely on them being competent.