Is it safe? U.S. vaccine experts want to build trust

Well, at least we know that the FDA is listening to the concerns. What they do with them is the question. This could very well be a piece intent on establishing trust with the American citizens that the FDA is considering all the concerns people have, but they do seem to have some of the right people involved.

www.reuters.com...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration met to discuss a new vaccine against H1N1 swine flu last week, some of the biggest critics of vaccination were not only in the room, but at the table.

The concerns:

*Will a vaccine against a swine-like virus cause more adverse reactions than a seasonal flu vaccine?

*Will special additives called adjuvants cause reactions?

*Will the vaccines contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that critics say might cause problems?

*Is it dangerous to vaccinate against both seasonal flu and the new H1N1 flu at the same time?

Adjuvants are used in flu vaccines in Europe but not the United States and although it would be possible to get a U.S. license under Emergency Use Authorization, officials have chosen to use vaccines without it for now.

Companies such as Glaxo say they will be ready to start vaccinating people in Europe just as the first data from those trials start emerging at the end of September. Some have questioned this speed.

Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
Well, at least we know that the FDA is listening to the concerns. What they do with them is the question. This could very well be a piece intent on establishing trust with the American citizens that the FDA is considering all the concerns people have, but they do seem to have some of the right people involved.

www.reuters.com...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration met to discuss a new vaccine against H1N1 swine flu last week, some of the biggest critics of vaccination were not only in the room, but at the table.

The concerns:

*Will a vaccine against a swine-like virus cause more adverse reactions than a seasonal flu vaccine?

*Will special additives called adjuvants cause reactions?

*Will the vaccines contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that critics say might cause problems?

*Is it dangerous to vaccinate against both seasonal flu and the new H1N1 flu at the same time?
Adjuvants are used in flu vaccines in Europe but not the United States and although it would be possible to get a U.S. license under Emergency Use Authorization, officials have chosen to use vaccines without it for now.

Companies such as Glaxo say they will be ready to start vaccinating people in Europe just as the first data from those trials start emerging at the end of September. Some have questioned this speed.

This info is incorrect:


Adjuvants are used in flu vaccines in Europe but not the United States and although it would be possible to get a U.S. license under Emergency Use Authorization, officials have chosen to use vaccines without it for now.

They do indeed plan on using adjuvants:

The U.S. government has bought 195 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine for a possible autumn vaccination campaign, a U.S. federal official said Thursday.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has also contracted for 120 million doses of adjuvant, a compound to stretch the number of doses of vaccine needed, the department's Dr. Robin Robinson told a meeting of Food and Drug Administration advisers.

www.roguegovernment.com...

Let's see some independent test results first.

Like I said: www.abovetopsecret.com...

Reports of bad side effects from the vaccine in the UK:
www.abovetopsecret.com...



[edit on 31-7-2009 by warrenb]

You cannot make a vaccine for a mutating virus!

Therefore.....you do not need this FAKE vaccine no matter how safe it is.

The reason why so many young people died in the 1918 flu pandemic was that they had not been exposed to bad flus before.

To get and survive an illness on your own is GOOD it strengthens you for the rest of your life.