Sebelius Urges Americans to Get Swine Flu Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius renewed her call Wednesday for Americans -- especially those in high-risk groups -- to get vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu, calling the vaccine "safe and secure."
Appearing on the morning TV news programs, Sebelius reiterated her belief that the vaccine is safe, saying it "has been made exactly the same way seasonal vaccine has been made, year in and year out."
Interviewed on CBS's The Early Show, she said federal health officials have identified four groups of people at particular risk from the H1N1 swine flu: pregnant women, health-care workers, children with underlying health conditions ages 6 months to 24 years, and older Americans with underlying health conditions, such as heart disease and asthma, the Associated Press reported.
In an interview on NBC's Today show, Sebelius said children are especially vulnerable to infection from the H1N1 virus. "This flu is a younger person's flu," she said. "Kids have no immunity to the flu ... children are great carriers of bugs and viruses."
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The fact is that you are more likely to die of the Flu virus in Flumist than from the wild strain, which is not wild in any case since it was made in the lab. It is potentially a binary bioweapon when mixed with the H1N1 in the seasonal snort. Plus all the mercury, squalene. The CDC is lying, don't trust any vaccine. Whether a virus is wild or monkey kidney or caterpillar larva mutated, it has about a 1/5000 of seriously maiming or killing you. You definitely hurt yourself with any vaccine to some degree, getting sick with a flu should be avoided, but if you get it, its much better for your immune system to be activated and developed to deal with it, rather than being chronically infected with latent pathogens that you can spread to others.
I talked to my doctor today about taking the H1N1 vaccine. He told me that he could not recommend it and advised me NOT to take it. He indicated that in his opinion it has not been tested long enough and the adjuvants used in this vaccine were not included in the testing. In addition, the adjuvants to be used have been linked to multiple health conditions, including autoimmune and neurological disorders. Unless forced by the government to do so, I won't be in line for this vaccine. Doctors orders! (PS... The physician making the recommendation is a well-known and respected neurologist with more than 30 years experience.)