To Vaccinate or Not Vaccinate?
In the case of the seasonal flu or H1N1 flu vaccinations, the risks of getting the vaccine are not balanced by the potential rewards.
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Why I’ll Be Getting The Swine Flu Vaccine
With the start of the flu season and the advent of a vaccine, swine flu is coming back into the spotlight. …
Flu shots for health care workers – updated
by Ү Mandatory swine flu vaccination for health care workers: I change my mind [Via Effect Measure ] In an earlier post I said I opposed mandatory vaccination for adults (but not for children), the one exception being for health care workers because they come in contact with people at high risk. My view then was that if you work in a health care institution and won’t get vaccinated against flu, then you shouldn’t come to work.
U.S. Government Launches Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign
Rob SteinWashington PostMonday, Oct 5th, 2009 Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal government launches the most ambitious vaccination campaign in U.S. history.Health-care providers and emergency workers at the Wishard Health Services and other hospitals in Indianapolis and at the Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis will receive the Flu Mist nasal spray vaccine at events attended
The math is not good
The depressing math of swine flu, ICUs and ventilators : [Via Effect Measure ] One of the most feared outcomes of infection with influenza is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS; in less severe form it may be called Acute Lung Injury, ALI). For reasons we still do not understand, cells deep in the lung that are involved in gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide) become so damaged that the basic work of supplying the body with enough oxygen for life and getting rid of the carbon dioxi
revere: Swine flu adjuvant essential for global equity
In response to the spreading swine ful pandemic, some on the left (and right, I imagine) are spreading the usual vaccines are a dangerous conspiracy ideas. One factor pointed to is that may vaccines contain ingredients, that have not received optimal testing. Revere at Effect Measure demolishes this argument
#128 No Agena For Sunday September 6th 2009
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The Chinese swine flu song
How does China suggest you avoid swine flu? The government has managed to embed an important public safety message in an animated kiddie rap, starring the masked pig you see above. I was only able to snap this photo, but am relieved to inform you that the actual video is also available on line! We first glimpsed the upbeat tune on our way from Xiamen to Shanghai, but encountered it again on subsequent trips across the country’s considerable skies
Key issues re Swine Flu vaccine
A vaccine includes a piece of virus that evokes a flu-specific immune response.
Preparing for pandemic
The Reveres at Effect Measure have published The swine flu prepping controversy….