Swine Flu Vaccine

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:50 am Post subject: Swine Flu Vaccine

So will you take it if it's offered to you?

It's out now and will be administered initially to the priority vulnerable groups and front line care workers by the end of October and presumably to the rest of the nation thereafter.

Everyone was crying out for the vaccine, now it's nearly here, I'm not so sure. Was it rushed through? is it completely safe? have they completely tested it? have they had time to assess the impact of any side effects.

I'm not completely reassured over these questions. It doesn't inspire confidence when a poll of key health proffessionals indicated that they wouldn't take it.

What do you think?

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Swine Flu Vaccine

I had heard earlier in the week but it was also on the news

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extracts from the above:

'Concerns have been raised about the safety of the vaccines given the speed of the approval process.
But the EMEA stressed that decades of experience with seasonal influenza vaccines indicate that adding a new strain in should not substantially affect safety'. -

'should not' they say

it also says

The EMEA added that with all medicines, adverse events may be detected once the vaccine is used in large numbers of people.

I guess as with all medicines we have to weigh up the risks of taking it as opposed to not taking it, Allah wa3lem

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Swine Flu Vaccine

Has any one had the jab or allowed their children to take it?

I'm still confused, read up on it but seems for every positive thing I read, I also come across negatives.

It's a horrible decision to take it when it's made on behalf of your kids. If you give it to them and something happens or if you don't allow them to have it and Allah yastir they contract the flu and suffer from complications which might have been avoided if they'd taken the jab

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