On 10/26/10 4:27 AM, john wrote:
www.SafeMindsflu.org

What You Need to Know
In March of 2001, the Food& Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement
warning pregnant women and young children not to eat fish containing high
levels of mercury because it causes neurological problems in children.

Yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends
that these same women and young children should get seasonal influenza
vaccines. Many seasonal influenza vaccines contain mercury, from the
preservative thimerosal, in amounts exceeding the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) recommended safe levels.

The form of mercury is a different form than that found in fish. The
form in fish is far more dangerous.

SafeMinds is deeply concerned that the risks of mercury - containing
seasonal influenza vaccines outweigh the benefits for pregnant women,
infants and children. Mercury is known to be highly toxic to brain tissue
and can interrupt critical stages of brain development.

A large-scale scientific study in approximately 50,000 pregnant women and
their infants over five flu seasons found no difference in the risk for
developing influenza illness among those who received the influenza vaccine
during pregnancy and those who did not receive the vaccine. Reviews in the
medical journal The Lancet found
a lack of health benefit of influenza vaccine for children under two and
significantly increased rates of vaccine-related adverse events in children.

Notice the lack of references.

If You Are Pregnant or Have Small Children . . .

Ignore the antivaccine, antichild safeminds websites and get real info
from www.cdc.gov, www.fda.gov, or, better yet, your doctor.

Jeff

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