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Perhaps in very very few people it has. I know in my country the new swine flue vaccine will only be given to certain risk groups because not enough is known about the side effects so for healthy people the unknown risk of the vaccine weighs heavily. On the other hand perhaps the government simply did not order enough vaccine or does not want to create a panic, I am not sure.
"<during> the deadly 1918 pandemic, around 48 million Americans were given a swine flu vaccine. Of these, 532 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome...
..Most people recover from Guillain-Barré, but not all; 25 died...
A 2009 study found that out of every million people who get flu, between 40 and 70 develop Guillain-Barré. So your best chance of avoiding Guillain-Barré is to GET vaccinated..."
Quoted from "Newscientist" magasine issue 2732, get a copy and learn for yourself.
Yes and I wonder if those who develop Guilain-Barré after a vaccination are not the same who also develop it (or perhaps in a more severe form) when they catch the virus? I also suspect that the mortality rate of G-B is less nowadays then it was in 1918.
Perhaps in very very few people it has. I know in my country the new swine flue vaccine will only be given to certain risk groups because not enough is known about the side effects so for healthy people the unknown risk of the vaccine weighs heavily. On the other hand perhaps the government simply did not order enough vaccine or does not want to create a panic, I am not sure.
"<during> the deadly 1918 pandemic, around 48 million Americans were given a swine flu vaccine. Of these, 532 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome...
..Most people recover from Guillain-Barré, but not all; 25 died...
A 2009 study found that out of every million people who get flu, between 40 and 70 develop Guillain-Barré. So your best chance of avoiding Guillain-Barré is to GET vaccinated..."
Quoted from "Newscientist" magasine issue 2732, get a copy and learn for yourself.
Yes and I wonder if those who develop Guilain-Barré after a vaccination are not the same who also develop it (or perhaps in a more severe form) when they catch the virus? I also suspect that the mortality rate of G-B is less nowadays then it was in 1918.