Huh?!?
Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.
The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were distributed across the country last month and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 800,000 pre-filled syringes that were recalled are for young children, ages 6 months to nearly 3 years.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC flu expert, stressed that parents don’t need to do anything or to worry if their child got one - or even two - of the recalled shots. The vaccine is safe and effective, she said.
-AP News
I repeat that, Huh!?! “Safe and effective?”
How can she say that? They recalled the vaccine because it was not effective. It was not effective because it was not strong enough. Being that it is not strong enough it is not providing an immune response which leaves kids with no protection. Since it was not effective it gives parents a false sense of security. Now all of those 800,000 kids must be revaccinated, once again putting them at risk.
Well. I guess that means another 800,000 dosages (or the number actually used) will have to be purchased now won’t it?
Cha-ching for the Vaccine Producers, taxes on each dose, and “new” jobs created/saved to administer said doses.
Comment Mrs. MIchael Sabo — December 17, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Its all a Ponzi Scheme.
Vaccines
Cap & Trade,
Health Care
and lets add NAIS. Its all the
same players!
Comment Gisela — December 17, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
Frozen Vaccine Recall (but don’t worry - there is plenty left to go around):
Frozen Vaccine Leads to Call Backs
..and in a surprising move (not)
former CDC head named to boost $5 Billion Merek Vaccine Division.
Safe and effective - unless frozen, mishandled, under dosed, underlying conditions.
Yet another .gov/big Corporate issue gone wrong.
Comment Mrs. MIchael Sabo — December 22, 2009 @ 7:38 am
Many more recalls of H1N1A vaccine
link
4.7 million does this time.
I think I read about another recall of 2.8 million doses.
Sounds safe. Glad they rushed it to market.
Comment Sam — December 24, 2009 @ 6:03 pm