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Posted: October 14 2009 at 12:33am |
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I was wondering about that as I noticed Costco had three weeks of flu shots you could look up. Now it's dropping off and is down to 8 days for my location.
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 3:31am |
Rickster- despite many announcements and tons of literature by vaccination companies we have the same problem with our developing (and we were working on this with some others behind the scenes) in developing H5N1 vaccine. The little critter does the Clade thing- I cannot post the unpostable name here- but there have been some developments at Namru-3 an other listening posts on Twitter and insiders in the industry, we have as to a Clade 3 Actually Baxter has been playing live viruses in its vaccine (it made the h1n1 bug and patented it years ago as well as a possible vaccine) with and has cookie crumbs on its lab suits. Flu Vaccine “Accidentally” Contaminated with Live Avian Flu VirusBy foundingfather1776
Paul Joseph Watson
Czech newspapers are questioning if the shocking discovery of vaccines contaminated with the deadly avian flu virus which were distributed to 18 countries by the American company Baxter were part of a conspiracy to provoke a pandemic. The claim holds weight because, according to the very laboratory protocols that are routine for vaccine makers, mixing a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident is virtually impossible. “The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses,” reports the Canadian Press. Baxter flu vaccines contaminated with H5N1 – otherwise known as the human form of avian flu, one of the most deadly biological weapons on earth with a 60% kill rate – were received by labs in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Slovenia. Initially, Baxter attempted to stonewall questions by invoking “trade secrets” and refused to reveal how the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident. This was seemingly an attempt to quickly change the story and hide the fact that the accidental contamination of a vaccine with a deadly biological agent like avian flu is virtually impossible and the only way it could have happened was by wilful gross criminal negligence. According to a compiled translation from Czech newspaper stories, the media over there is asking tough questions about whether the contamination was part of a deliberate attempt to start a pandemic. “Was this just a criminal negligence or it was an attempt to provoke pandemia using vaccination against flu to spread the disease – as happened with the anti-B hepatitis vaccination with vaccines containing the HIV virus in US? – and then cash for the vaccines against H5N1 which Baxter develops? How could on Earth a virus as H5N1 come to the ordinary flu vaccines? Don’t they follow even basic precautions in the american pharma companies?” states the translation. comment: you might notice that one of the vaccines for Swine Flu contains LIVE VIRUS. Big surprise after Baxter in its continued efforts to do what- go against the basics of vaccine creation. Live virus should not be in vaccines. But in answer to the question. Its the same old song Rickster. They get an old Clade and produce a vaccine for something that is no longer a problem. It is like this blasted deal of getting my paperbacks out through our publisher. We cannot work with an 8 week get it to paperback deal. Well, they have this delay factor and it means todays vaccine is based on yesterdays virus. Avian Flu split into quite a few sub strains, (there are big words for this I could use to be impressive- but drift and variant will do for now) We can't do HIV because according to some I have talked to in the HIV community who I have promised to quote less- there are so many strains- sometimes each person has their own personal little jewel which is different enough to easily infect a host of other HIV oositive patients with a brand new version. So, on a major IMHO - vaccine companies get stuck with something that is not that effective - look at our steriling record of 6 out of 8 flu seaons with the wrong stuff. This costs. So what do they do? They give it anyway. They know it is not effective. They know that the Yamagata incident in Canada was a disaster. http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20080208/flu-vaccine-most-flu-bugs-dont-match Feb. 8, 2008 -- As the U.S. flu season soars, the CDC says this year's flu vaccine doesn't match two of the three main types of flu bugs now in circulation. That doesn't mean the vaccine won't work. Vaccinated people who catch the flu get a much milder disease. This can make a life-or-death difference to people who are at high risk of flu complications, such as the elderly. Flu season is officially under way. No U.S. state is flu free, says Joe Bresee, MD, the CDC's chief flu tracker. As of Feb. 2, flu was widespread in 31 states, regional in 17 states, and local in the two remaining states and in the District of Columbia. "I don't think we are peaking yet," Bresee tells WebMD. "If you look at hospitalizations or outpatient illnesses or mortality, everything still has an upward slope. I wouldn't be surprised if we continue to trend upward for the next few weeks." comment: so no amount of spin or excuses is going to put that one down. The rationalization is that is offers "some protection" and the some protection is a life saver. Well, I am looking for facts and figures here-and they are exactly overwhelming. More like an excuse for - we missed the mark. An effective H5N1 vaccine. The Russians claimed they had it.. And in the race for grants we have over 36 companies in the U.S. with wildly positive reports of promising results along with the cure for cancer. These occur for stock sale promos and over years where some have been called in question for making blatantly false claims to drum up money for a promising vaccine that isn't that promising and after 5 years- still doesn't work. So- right now- we don't have anything totally solid for either h5n1 or h1n1. That's the bottom line. We have a lot of claims and we are rushing forward to pump something into a lot of men, women, and children- but the REAL effectiveness is NOT documented well, tested well, or particularly that unquestionably safe. That is the real deal. Not yet. Medclinician |
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 3:51am |
I think you need to remember over 50 of us on the net have raised the alarm on SARS, H5N1, and H1N1. I think the consistency of the serious and deadly has varied hugely over the last 3 years. There have been THOUSANDS of posts saying Avian was not that big a problem (and frankly it no longer is) Actually the practicality of even an Avian site has flickered in the face of Swine Flu and now we have pretty much jumped track net wise on this. Avian is no longer a major Pandemic threat. I failed a spreader and like SARS has become history. Has someone missed this? A vote of reality in terms of starting probably one, if not the first, Avian Flu site goes to Albert, but as to Avian being a real problem, except in birds anymore may be a sad reality of changing times. It has become basically SwineFlu Talk. There have been variations depending on the flow of data as to whether we alarmists were nut cases for even being concerning about Avian. And not that has Lord of the Flies jumped to the same mode. I fight the same thrown tomatoes as consistent skeptics keep posting- its gonna be alright and as in Avian will peter out and die. And it has reached a point where we were nearing- lets ease up on preparing because we ar in the Pandemic. So - all of us- going back and forth over the years through out the net bear the equal distinction of carrying the torch against Avian and now Swine Flu. NO one site, no one person- the the Avian and Flu blogosphere. And the number of Swine Flu sites is now legion. I mean every moderator almost on the original sites has started their own place- or site and tried to gather support and members-or at least readers. The last communication I got personally from Albert concerning his prognosis was that "if it was going to finally happen it probably be this winter." However after 10,000 posts on this, I have hardly been silent- nor have others. We have a few a little too verbal with a lot less proof and especially some making up cases and vast numbers of infected probables with daily updates of Amin whatever -versus 4 real cases and 4 deaths in Egypt. So there are many banner carriers- no pun intended. AFT is a noble place which has had some periods of middle ages through the last 4 years. Currently we try to stay on top of things- but we have some serious cynics who continue to relentlessly post we are all way too much excited and it will just fade away. This one, unlike Avian will not just fade away. This one could become a 2-4% killer. And it is this statement that causes of people much annoyance. Our little 2005 recombinant has lots of potential. The potential to knock down infrastructures and turn this winter into a fiction novel in terms of the flu. Let's see what happens before we all settle down and stop worrying. Its not over by a long shot. I would personally like to thank the true dataminers who have posted thousands of posts, some of us 10,000 giving years of our lives. Those are are the true worker bees that bring you the real information on the spread and data on the flu. Today I was up at 4 a.m. to the flag set on my satellite of changing news and I see all these posted of noble efforts while the real deal, the real news, is that - we have been told- guess what- it will be longer for the vaccine. Not good news. Medclinician |
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 2:05pm |
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No problem here in the UK getting the seasonal flu shots, our doctors practice, opened last Saturday to give flu shots only, this has never happened before, My daughter was sent a flu shot reminder note, with surgery times and then was phoned too remind her.
A friend who is at a diffrent medical practice said they where doing the same things, anybody who is in the critical bracket are being actively encouraged to get the flu shot early.
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