The already “moderately severe” flu season in the U.S. is being exacerbated by fluids shortages across the country. Health workers are reportedly
scrambling to meet the demand for IV bags as more dehydrated flu patients enter hospitals. Much of the U.S. supply of saline solutions are
manufactured in Puerto Rico, which has been slow to recover and regain power following the hurricane that ravaged the country in 2017, leaving
hospitals running low as the flu is poised to infect hundreds of thousands of people this season.
www.marketwatch.com...
FLU Vaccine only 10pc effective~ Possible deliberate Vacciine mismatch and IV fluid shortage
DOOM ON
So Vaccine get picked from AUS flu season for strain which PROVED only 10 % effective this year PR recovering from hurricane power outages which
leads to IV saline solution shortage SO A trifecta of reasons which lead to a way more deadly season of flu this year Hence:
www.cdc.gov...
Influenza A (H3N2) viruses predominated, and the preliminary estimate of vaccine effectiveness against influenza A (H3N2) was only 10%. The
implications for the Northern Hemisphere are not clear, but it is of note that the vaccine for this upcoming season has the same composition as that
used in the Southern Hemisphere
The already “moderately severe” flu season in the U.S. is being exacerbated by fluids shortages across the country. Health workers are reportedly
scrambling to meet the demand for IV bags as more dehydrated flu patients enter hospitals. Much of the U.S. supply of saline solutions are
manufactured in Puerto Rico, which has been slow to recover and regain power following the hurricane that ravaged the country in 2017, leaving
hospitals running low as the flu is poised to infect hundreds of thousands of people this season.
Another factor that may alter the effectiveness of influenza vaccines is the substrate used to produce them. In the United States, most
influenza-vaccine viruses are propagated in eggs,
A recent study by Zost et al. highlighted a particular egg-adapted mutation (T160K) that may have contributed to low vaccine effectiveness during the
2016–2017 influenza season in the United States
Vaccine mismatches have occurred in years in which circulating influenza strains change after the decision is made about vaccine composition,
resulting in reduced vaccine effectiveness
"my source comes from a US DOE lab that had an independent contract with CDC for parallel analysis & confirmation on their early flu-strain samples
(what they winnow down to decide whisch is the moast likely to hit). He just had all his data taken by a CDC Inspector General,that never happened
before" i dont know how reliable this statement is but if true very worrying.
www.nejm.org...
PS Sorry about the presentation this needs to go front page and NOT buried under a post with hundreds of pages. wear a mask!
edit on 15-1-2018 by TheJesuit because: ADDED INFO LINKS
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