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Taking the H1N1 vaccine
Published Thursday, October 29, 2009
Earlier this year The Selma Times-Journal covered an outbreak of the H1N1 flu in Dallas County.
Schools had reported numerous absences. Although some school officials said they had no confirmation the absences were related to to the H1N1 flu, better known as the swine flu. Health officials said the virus had passed around so much that pretty much any case of flu was diagnosed as swine flu.
Then, all of the sudden, the whirlwind stopped.
Heath officials said there were few cases reported.
That's the way it is with pandemics, says the Centers for Disease Control. They come in waves.
The Dallas County Health Department has some vaccine for the swine flu.
Health department workers are giving the vaccines to those who are high-risk.
Those include pregnant women, children 6 months though 4 years old; parents, siblings and caregivers of children less than 6 months old; children 5 to 18 years old who have underlying medical conditions; and health care workers.
It's uncertain how long the doses of this vaccine will last. Those who need the vaccine should go now, so when the next wave rises they will be protected.
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Posted by Liberty (anonymous) on October 29, 2009 at 7:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Again:
Between January and April of this year, 13,000 people died (about 800 a week) from the regular seasonal flu - why is this h1n1, that has killed 1000, give or take, since April, at a 'pandemic level' 6? Why has a 'national emergency' been
declared?
I don't know how anyone could trust the CDC seeing as it took an embarrassing story on CBS on how they refuse information and had been "guestimating" the actual positive totals from h1n1 to get the actual numbers. As a result of the Freedom of Information Act, CBS eventually released the positive test results for the h1n1 cases and it turned out that a massive percentage of the test results were NOT the h1n1 swine flu.
Two components of this vaccine are mercury and squalene - these have been known to cause autism, Gulf War Syndrome, Guillian Barre' Syndrome, Steven Johnson's Syndrome... Although this is few and far between, your chances of getting
these diseases are EXPONENTIALLY higher after being injected.
To each their own but I am very disappointed that there is no longer investigative journalism in this country. This is a sad time.
Parents, please research this information for yourselves and make an EDUCATED decision. Don't become or make your children guinea pigs.
Posted by nemo (anonymous) on October 29, 2009 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Liberty, I typically agree with darn near everything you write, but your missive above regarding vaccines seems to be a little on the knee-jerk side of things. Can you back up the claims about mercury and squalene? The last I knew, the study out of Sweden that linked vaccines and autism was not only disproven, but the scientist who conducted the study was completely debunked. Vaccines are hugely beneficial to humanity. I have gotten every vaccine available to me and my children with zero ill effects. The odds of dying from complications of measles, mumps, or rubella are far greater than dying or becoming disabled due to the vaccine. It's a risk I'm willing to take. If a vaccine is good enough for my doctor's children, it's good enough for mine.
Posted by Liberty (anonymous) on October 29, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks nemo, that's good to know.
Yes, anyone can look up any of the info above and find the information. I ENCOURAGE people to do the research - don't take my word for it, look it up yourself.
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