Review Shows Safety of H1N1 Vaccine, Officials Say

[HuckleB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/health/05flu.html?_r=1&ref=health

"An extensive review of adverse effects from the swine flu vaccine indicates that the vaccine is safe, with side effects no different from those of seasonal flu vaccines, health officials reported on Friday.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called the findings “very reassuring” at a news briefing on Friday. But he also noted that the results were still preliminary, because the vaccine for the H1N1 flu has been in widespread use for about only two months, since Oct. 5, when the first doses became available to the public. Rare problems or delayed effects might not show up until later, after many more people are vaccinated. The disease centers also posted a report on the vaccine’s safety on its Web site.

The information comes from two monitoring networks. One is the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which receives reports about problems from doctors and other health workers, manufacturers and the public. Anyone can file a report, so there is no way of knowing if the problems are actually related to the vaccine until reports are investigated.

The second system is the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has information on 438,376 people who were vaccinated for H1N1 in managed-care organizations.

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That's good, right?

[endless october]

1. it's a whole hell of a lot safer to get vaccinated

than to get the flu. assuming you aren't allergic to eggs, the vaccine seems to be the best choice.

some of the anti-vac shit on the net is just nuts.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. rec

[trotsky]

3. This simply cannot be correct.

Jenny McCarthy, who is way smarter than all those pointy-headed scientists with their pesky facts, TOLD me vaccines kill and she would know, because she has procreated and shown her boobs to everyone on the planet.

[mzmolly]

4. K and R

:kick:

Yes, tis' good news! :)

[laconicsax]

5. Follow the money,

Any report saying that any vaccine is "safe" has to be backed by big pharma because they know that their poisons are deadly and just want to spend and spend to cover up the truth.

Thankfully, uninformed idiots courageous heroes are willing to stand up for hysteria our safety and point out how big pharma is going to kill us all just to make a profit.