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Now in the UK they have combined both the flu jabs 2 for the price of one. This sounds only sensible but if someone wants to opt out of the newer less researched swine flu jab are single jabs going to available
Probably need to pay a lot extra to get it,
Also it difficult to say one drug is absolutely safe and once we get all these combinations i fear unintended consequences
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Experts admit swine flu jab 'may cause' deadly nerve disease
By JO MACFARLANE
Last updated at 11:24 PM on 16th October 2010
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Health chiefs have for the first time acknowledged that the swine flu jab may be linked to an increased risk of developing a deadly nerve condition.
Experts are examining a pos sible association between the controversial jab and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, according to a report from official watchdog the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Previously, the Government has always stressed there is no evidence to link the paralysing condition to the H1N1 vaccine.
Fears: GBS victim Hilary Wilkinson wants more research on the vaccine
After The Mail on Sunday revealed in August 2009 that doctors were being asked to monitor cases of GBS during the swine flu pandemic, a letter from the Health Protection Agencyâs chief executive Justin McCracken stated: âThere is no evidence to suggest an increased risk of GBS from the vaccines being developed to fight the current pandemic.â
Now the MHRAâs newly published report suggests the Governmentâs position has changed.
It says: âGiven the uncer tainties in the available information and as with seasonal flu vaccines, a slightly elevated risk of GBS following H1N1 vaccines cannot be ruled out. Epidemiological studies are ongoing to further assess this possible association.â
It is not known precisely what causes GBS but the condition attacks the lining of the nerves, leaving them unable to transmit signals to muscles effectively.
It can cause partial paralysis and mostly affects the hands and feet â but it can be fatal.
The MoS report last year
Mother-of-two Hilary Wilkinson, 58, from Maryport, Cumbria, developed GBS following a chest infection and spent three months in hospital learning to walk and talk again.
She said: âItâs a frightening illness and I think more research needs to be done on the effect of the swine flu vaccine.â
A vaccine used to combat a different form of swine flu in the US in 1976 led to 25 deaths from the condition, compared with just one death from swine flu itself.
Amid fears there could be a repeat, neurologists were asked to record cases of GBS in the UK swine flu outbreak. Millions of people this year will be exposed to the swine flu vaccine as it has been included within the seasonal flu jab.
Government experts say there is no evidence of an increase in risk similar to 1976, but the MHRA report reveals they are calculating if there might be a smaller raised risk.
The MHRA had 15 suspected GBS cases after vaccination â and six million doses of the swine flu jab Pandemrix were given. It is not known if swine flu or the vaccine could have caused the suspected cases.
A spokeswoman for the MHRA said the risk with the vaccine had not changed and that the report âsimply expandsâ on ongoing GBS analysis.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1321203/Experts-admit-swine-flu-jab-cause-deadly-nerve-disease.html#ixzz12c71WrZU
Probably need to pay a lot extra to get it,
Also it difficult to say one drug is absolutely safe and once we get all these combinations i fear unintended consequences
.
Experts admit swine flu jab 'may cause' deadly nerve disease
By JO MACFARLANE
Last updated at 11:24 PM on 16th October 2010
Comments (79)
Add to My Stories
Health chiefs have for the first time acknowledged that the swine flu jab may be linked to an increased risk of developing a deadly nerve condition.
Experts are examining a pos sible association between the controversial jab and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, according to a report from official watchdog the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Previously, the Government has always stressed there is no evidence to link the paralysing condition to the H1N1 vaccine.
Fears: GBS victim Hilary Wilkinson wants more research on the vaccine
After The Mail on Sunday revealed in August 2009 that doctors were being asked to monitor cases of GBS during the swine flu pandemic, a letter from the Health Protection Agencyâs chief executive Justin McCracken stated: âThere is no evidence to suggest an increased risk of GBS from the vaccines being developed to fight the current pandemic.â
Now the MHRAâs newly published report suggests the Governmentâs position has changed.
It says: âGiven the uncer tainties in the available information and as with seasonal flu vaccines, a slightly elevated risk of GBS following H1N1 vaccines cannot be ruled out. Epidemiological studies are ongoing to further assess this possible association.â
It is not known precisely what causes GBS but the condition attacks the lining of the nerves, leaving them unable to transmit signals to muscles effectively.
It can cause partial paralysis and mostly affects the hands and feet â but it can be fatal.
The MoS report last year
Mother-of-two Hilary Wilkinson, 58, from Maryport, Cumbria, developed GBS following a chest infection and spent three months in hospital learning to walk and talk again.
She said: âItâs a frightening illness and I think more research needs to be done on the effect of the swine flu vaccine.â
A vaccine used to combat a different form of swine flu in the US in 1976 led to 25 deaths from the condition, compared with just one death from swine flu itself.
Amid fears there could be a repeat, neurologists were asked to record cases of GBS in the UK swine flu outbreak. Millions of people this year will be exposed to the swine flu vaccine as it has been included within the seasonal flu jab.
Government experts say there is no evidence of an increase in risk similar to 1976, but the MHRA report reveals they are calculating if there might be a smaller raised risk.
The MHRA had 15 suspected GBS cases after vaccination â and six million doses of the swine flu jab Pandemrix were given. It is not known if swine flu or the vaccine could have caused the suspected cases.
A spokeswoman for the MHRA said the risk with the vaccine had not changed and that the report âsimply expandsâ on ongoing GBS analysis.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1321203/Experts-admit-swine-flu-jab-cause-deadly-nerve-disease.html#ixzz12c71WrZU
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Lost - we knew this last year about the H1n1.
Lesa
That's why I can't have the vaccine...
deleted_user
I think I mentioned this before. In about 1% of people getting the H1N1 vaccination paralysis did set in, But last year at the end November my doctor finally said I had to get it because the risk of getting the virus was much stronger than getting the side effects of the vaccine. A diabetic who gets the H1N1 virus stands a good chance of huge complications. Lesa - stay in the house all winter !!! Just kidding.
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