Comments on: H1N1 Vaccine Trial Data Still Needed for High-Risk Groups

By: Amazed...

Amazed... — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:34:09 +0000

I personally find this amazing! I work for a Bio-Tech company (not one of the 5 manufacturers of the H1N1 vaccine BTW). We manufacture vaccines for animals . I am well aware of the licensing issues and timeframes for a “new” drug to be able to be marketable. One thing that amazed me in this was Novartis claiming to be close to having a marketable vaccine within a month or two of the first identified case. This process normally takes years!!! Another thing that haunts me is why the regulatory offices are backing this vaccine so forcefully. And why they haven’t questioned some of these companies on how they already had a vaccine in place before we even have a strain of the bug in the wild. It makes one suspicious.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:04 +0000

I’d be happier about taking the shot if the manufacturers had not gone to so much trouble to get legal immunity!

How can health care workers be REQUIRED to take a shot when there is absolutely NO protection for them if they fall ill FROM that shot?

This is just horrible. How can people put so much faith in the pharmaceutical industry? How often do we see commercials where there is litigation for FDA approved drugs that harm people?

No frankenshot for me thanks!

By: skeptical

skeptical — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:15 +0000

At this time, I will not vaccinate my children. I just don’t think there’s enough data out there yet to say that the vaccination is without risk. Further, since some of the H1N1 vaccines contain the additive thimerosal there is an added concern regarding autism development (although the link between thimerosal and autism is strongly denied by CDC – there is considerable controversy). My biggest concern is the lack of sufficient testing in children, not to mention the neurologic complications that resulted from the 1970s swine flu vaccine. Hopefully further clinical trial information and widespread public vaccine administration will prove the vaccine both effective and safe. I’ll wait for that data. By the way, the pharmaceutical industry has been under pressure to quickly identify a safe vaccine to help mitigate widespread swine flu outbreak and associated fatalities. Yes, it is a business intended to produce a profit, just like your local supermarket, but the primary concern and objective is to improve public health.

By: DueinOctober

DueinOctober — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:19:31 +0000

Thalidomide was not approved by the U.S. FDA; in Europe and Canada it was. The immunities that moms will get from the H1N1 vaccine can be passed to the infant, which is a good thing. My doctor recommended both the normal flu shot without preservatives and the H1N1 vaccine when it comes out. Yes, the drug companies may want our money, but good doctors want to keep us safe and healthy and all of the medical advice I’ve gotten says to get the vaccine.

By: PregoMomma

PregoMomma — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:39:45 +0000

I am not exposing my unborn child to an untested vaccine. Just read about the effects of the supposedly “safe” morning sickness drug Thalidomide (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/common/thalidomide.html) to get just a small view of what happens when a drug goes wrong. The drug companies just want our money, they couldn’t care less about our kids.