Saturday, August 15, 2009

Swine Flu Article

Interesting...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html

posted by Murdoc @ 7:24 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At 3:40 PM, Blogger Hillary said...

Interesting article. We actually have an appt. with a pediatric neurologist tomorrow and I'm interested to see what he says about this. GBS is what Dave and Sunshine Eddy's little girl had. It is serious, but not as fatal as the article suggests. I'll let you know what the neurologist says.

 
At 3:03 PM, Blogger Hillary said...

I was directed to the following web-sites:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/FLU/about/qa/gbs.htm

"It is thought that GBS may be triggered by an infection. The infection that most commonly precedes GBS is caused by a bacterium called Campylobacter jejuni. Other respiratory or intestinal illnesses and other triggers may also precede an episode of GBS. In 1976, vaccination with the swine flu vaccine was associated with getting GBS. Several studies have been done to evaluate if other flu vaccines since 1976 were associated with GBS. Only one of the studies showed an association. That study suggested that one person out of 1 million vaccinated persons may be at risk of GBS associated with the vaccine."

1 out of 1 million! More people die from seasonal influenza every year and only 5% to 6% of people who develop GBS die. Those are pretty small numbers.

This article is more hype than fact & the doctor also noted this info. was coming from the UK not the US.

 

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