posted on Nov, 4 2009 @ 07:52 PM
Thought you guys might be interested in hearing this. A few pages back, a few of us were theorizing whether or not vaccinating a region could make an
epidemic happen faster, or make a virus mutate faster.
Well, here in Arizona, the H1N1 flu vaccine just became available last week, I think. Before that, we did not have one patient in my hospital as a flu
patient, not did I see any orders for anti-virals here in the hospital where I work.
This week, the week after they started the H1N1 vaccinations in my city, we got patients admitted with influenza. Boy....that was fast.
Was it a coincidence that the flu hit my city about a week after the vaccines were started? Was it a coincidence that we got the first patients on
antivirals about a week after the vaccinations started? I don't know. I'm sure the WHO and the CDC would say that we got the vaccine "in the knick
of time"....right when flu season started...but my gut is telling me that the vaccinations might have kick started the flu season, instead.
Anyway, all of this made me think....anyone know if Asen said if the H1N1 vaccine was given in his area anytime recently?
EDIT TO ADD:
Just to clarify, it is not unusual to have patients admitted to the hospital for flu during flu season. I'm just questioning the timing of the fact
that the first patients don't get admitted to my hospital until the vaccinations got underway.
Also, my hospital could also be an abnormality...I don't know what the statistics are in the other hospitals in the area. They may have had flu
patients before the vaccinations started.
[edit on 4-11-2009 by nikiano]
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