Swine Flu Vaccine Safety Questions: NZ to wait and see on swine flu vaccine

Despite a growing swine flu death toll and fears of a second pandemic wave, New Zealand health authorities are not rushing to start a mass vaccination campaign like in Britain and Australia.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2783340/NZ-to-wait-and-see-on-swine-flu-vaccine

Terms You Should Know

Adjuvant- In immunology, an adjuvant is an agent that may stimulate the immune system and increase the response to a vaccine, without having any specific antigenic effect in itself. (definition from wikipedia)

Two Adjuvant that may be used in the Swine Flu Vaccines that are cause for concern: MF59 and ASO3

“……Vaccines containing MF59 and ASO3 have not had Emergency Use Authorizations issued for them--yet. However, the government has purchased $698 million dollars' worth of these adjuvants in recent weeks.

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/07/20090713b.html https://

and WHO officials have indicated the likelihood of their use, which is the only way to achieve adequate amounts of vaccine for the US and world population in the fall.…..These vaccines have never been demonstrated to be safe in children, pregnant women or young adults. They have not undergone comprehensive testing; for example, MF59 has not and will not be tested for carcinogenicity by the manufacturer.
(See page 391)
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/NewsEvents/WorkshopsMeetingsConferences/ucm095708.pdf

Swine Flu Vaccine Safety Questions

Monday, August 24, 2009

NZ to wait and see on swine flu vaccine

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