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swine flu vaccine
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i'm due to have this tonight, i have slight asthma, never had an asthma attact, just get wheezy when i laugh or do excercise! i'm feeling really paraniod about getting the vaccine, keep hearing bad stories about all the nasty side effects and some perminant side affects. which is scaring me to the point of crying because i just dont know what to do! any comments please?
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Data from a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that, for those patients hospitalised as a consequence of Influenza A H1N1 ( "swine flu"), just over 30% had Asthma. Therefore, Asthmatic patients are high on the priority vaccination list, and rightly so. Other high risk factors associated with hospitalisat
15:29 Tue 08th Dec 2009
(another-view) did you really say that? They wouldn't give it if it wasn't safe, Are you having a laugh? Surely a little historical knowledge would make you retract that.They are not always right,and whilst I am all for preventative vaccines especially deadly diseases, you have to make up your mind up whether to take a risk on a vaccine or a risk of getting the illness.
When my kids had the MMR they were told it was a one off and didn't need a booster. A few years later we were told to have a booster.My daughter had whooping cough even though she'd had the vaccine and I was told it wasn't possible-it was!! They dont know what theyre talking about half the time and for some reason we still trust them.They also say take nothing when your pregnant and yet theyre suggesting swine flu vaccines!
Regarding swine flu,I know quite a few people who have had it and it isn't a very bad flu,but if you are a high risk and normally have the annual flu jab,then you might as well have this one as well.
When my kids had the MMR they were told it was a one off and didn't need a booster. A few years later we were told to have a booster.My daughter had whooping cough even though she'd had the vaccine and I was told it wasn't possible-it was!! They dont know what theyre talking about half the time and for some reason we still trust them.They also say take nothing when your pregnant and yet theyre suggesting swine flu vaccines!
Regarding swine flu,I know quite a few people who have had it and it isn't a very bad flu,but if you are a high risk and normally have the annual flu jab,then you might as well have this one as well.
@Ganesh. It would appear that you have been misinformed, or misunderstood vaccine information that has been given to you. Your post contains several issues worthy of clarification.
1. MMR vaccine. The current schedule for MMR vaccination is first dose at 13 months, roughly. A second dose is usually offered at school entry age. This second vaccination is NOT a booster. Studies have shown that around 2-5% of recipients of a single dose of the MMR vaccine fail to exhibit ANY immune response for Measles. Therefore, offering children a second opportunity to develop an immune response is a good idea, and since such diseases are most often communicated when mixing in a school environment, it makes sense to offer a second injection just prior to entering the school system.
2. Pertussis or Whooping Cough vaccine. If your health professional told you that it was impossible to contract Pertussis following the vaccination, then they were technically in error. The vaccine does however offer substantial and significant protection against catching it at all, and most certainly reduces the severity of the infection if the vaccinated child did contract whooping cough. So you should be thankful on your daughters behalf that she had received the vaccination and therefore benefited from the protection in minimising the effects of the disease.
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1. MMR vaccine. The current schedule for MMR vaccination is first dose at 13 months, roughly. A second dose is usually offered at school entry age. This second vaccination is NOT a booster. Studies have shown that around 2-5% of recipients of a single dose of the MMR vaccine fail to exhibit ANY immune response for Measles. Therefore, offering children a second opportunity to develop an immune response is a good idea, and since such diseases are most often communicated when mixing in a school environment, it makes sense to offer a second injection just prior to entering the school system.
2. Pertussis or Whooping Cough vaccine. If your health professional told you that it was impossible to contract Pertussis following the vaccination, then they were technically in error. The vaccine does however offer substantial and significant protection against catching it at all, and most certainly reduces the severity of the infection if the vaccinated child did contract whooping cough. So you should be thankful on your daughters behalf that she had received the vaccination and therefore benefited from the protection in minimising the effects of the disease.
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3. The data quite clearly shows that Influenza A H1N1 ( swine flu) offers a substantial risk to pregnant women, particularly in their 2nd and 3rd trimester. WHO figures show that of all those individuals hospitalised as a consequence of Influenza A H1N1, around 10% of these seriously ill patients were pregnant women. As general advice, give nothing to healthy pregnant women is probably good advice - but you should not be dogmatic about these things when evidence shows a clear risk.
4.Swine Flu is not a "bad" illness. For the vast majority of the healthy population, this assertion is probably quite true. But, for those identified by the clinical evidence as high risk classes, it has posed dangerous risk of serious illness. Should we just ignore these people when we have a safe, effective vaccine that offers substantial protection? I think not.
3. The data quite clearly shows that Influenza A H1N1 ( swine flu) offers a substantial risk to pregnant women, particularly in their 2nd and 3rd trimester. WHO figures show that of all those individuals hospitalised as a consequence of Influenza A H1N1, around 10% of these seriously ill patients were pregnant women. As general advice, give nothing to healthy pregnant women is probably good advice - but you should not be dogmatic about these things when evidence shows a clear risk.
4.Swine Flu is not a "bad" illness. For the vast majority of the healthy population, this assertion is probably quite true. But, for those identified by the clinical evidence as high risk classes, it has posed dangerous risk of serious illness. Should we just ignore these people when we have a safe, effective vaccine that offers substantial protection? I think not.
Lazygun-in answer to your post.YES, I WAS mis-informed. And that is my point.
1. I was told that the first MMR was the only one needed.Whatever the reason,I was then many years later informed that a second dose WAS needed.(my children were over 12 yrs old!
2. They actually called it a "booster".
3. My daughter had whooping cough and the doctor told me this was IMPOSSIBLE because she had the vaccine. I agree with you that she may have had it worse and I'm stilll glad she had the vaccine.
The point of my post was to say that they lie or are ill-informed,and they also cannot guarantee the safety of vaccines and drugs as some have learned the hard way.I was merely commenting on a previous post which said 'they wouldn't dish it out if it wasn't safe'
1. I was told that the first MMR was the only one needed.Whatever the reason,I was then many years later informed that a second dose WAS needed.(my children were over 12 yrs old!
2. They actually called it a "booster".
3. My daughter had whooping cough and the doctor told me this was IMPOSSIBLE because she had the vaccine. I agree with you that she may have had it worse and I'm stilll glad she had the vaccine.
The point of my post was to say that they lie or are ill-informed,and they also cannot guarantee the safety of vaccines and drugs as some have learned the hard way.I was merely commenting on a previous post which said 'they wouldn't dish it out if it wasn't safe'
Just to add,your last point refers to the SAFE vaccine.There are many doctors that do not want to give it to pregant women and I've heard some on the radio advising against it. It may well be safe and it may well be worth the risk if there is one,but as I said,we know from history (thalidomide being the obvious example) that the medical profession isn't always right!
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