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Severe Health Effects Reported from H1N1 Vaccine Worldwide

Posted by Green Diva Mom on Nov.07, 2009

tragedyNearly 200 nurses in Sweden have reported severe side effects after receiving the H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine. The fevers, shivering and headaches are severe enough that these health professionals themselves have gone to the hospital. The Swedish vaccine implicated in these incidents, Pandemrix, contains adjuvents including squalene that are illegal in vaccines sold in the United States, though the squalene and other additives are used in parts of Europe.

In the United States, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System has recorded 687 adverse events from the shot and nasal spray versions of the vaccine. That number might be higher, but according to surveys and polls by academic research groups and the CDC have shown that many people who want the H1N1 vaccine have been unable to get the vaccinated due to supply shortages. VAERS accepts reports online, though a technical issue with their reporting website’s security certificate may deter people from submitting reports electronically. VAERS also accepts reports by postal mail or fax, which would further delay inclusion of those events in the reports.

Sources

“Nurses got sick from the ’swine flu’ vaccine in Sweden.” The Flu Case. Accessed at http://www/theflucase.com, November 6, 2009.

United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Public Health Service (PHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) 1990 - last week. CDC WONDER On-line Database Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.html on Nov 6, 2009 11:16:34 PM

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1 comment for this entry:
  1. Mark Agustin

    the H1N1 or Swine Flu virus did put our country in disarray for quite sometime, it is good to know that at least it did not cause so many deaths.

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