U.S. Won't Alert Parents, Doctors on Mercury in Flu Shots for Kids | LAT

[Ediacara]

U.S. Won't Alert Parents, Doctors on Mercury in Flu Shots for Kids

By Myron Levin, Times Staff Writer

Hundreds of thousands of infants and toddlers who get flu shots starting this fall could be exposed to a mercury-laced preservative that has been all but eliminated from other pediatric vaccines because of health concerns.

Saying there is no proof of harm from exposure to the preservative thimerosal, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that they won't advise parents and doctors to choose a mercury-free version of the flu vaccine.

This year, flu shots are being added to the government's "recommend" list of vaccines that should be given to all young children. The CDC's decision on thimerosal, made despite pleas from parent activist groups and some experts, appears to be at odds with recent federal warnings about exposure to mercury, a potent neurotoxin, and with the government's successful effort to have it removed from other childhood vaccines.

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[arcane1]

1. why do I get the feeling that, somewhere along the line..

Poppy Bush is making money off thimerosal sales...?

:shrug:

Oh I know why- because it's toxic, harms children, and they just amped-up the marketing of it for children. Typical Bushit

[mzmolly]

2. Furthermore Thimeresol was eliminated true, but never recalled, so

doctors can use up (existing/unexpired) vaccines with Thimeresol in them even today. :(

[mzmolly]

3. Adding there are so many risks with vaccination that parents are

generally uninformed about.

This is one of several (ill call them *potential*) issues with vaccination.

[damnraddem]

4. On the other side, it's a question of relative risks.

Influenza can be, in fact is, deadly -- annually a leading cause of death in the U.S. The 1918-20 influenza pandemic killed more people than any other plague in history. The questions are: (1) was there an alternative; and (2) what are the risk levels?

[mzmolly]

5. True. Flu kills FAR MORE people each year then all of the other

so called vax preventable diseases combined.

It's curious that they don't recommmend the flu shot for every child as they do the other vaccines given the statistics and the so called rational behind the recommendations?

I imagine that is coming one day though. :shrug:

The flu typically kills 20,000 - 40,000 people in the US each year.

I abstained from the flu shot this year as did my family. I felt the risks outweighed the benefits for the average healthy person. I did consider it though, which may surprise some.

[truthisfreedom]

6. for those concerned about mercury ingestion, my chiropractor has

recommended that i take vitamin E with selenium since i eat sushi, often more than once a week.