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SafeMindsflu.org
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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. 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. If You Are Pregnant or Have Small Children . . . a.. Look at the evidence and decide if you consider the influenza virus a true threat to your family. Also consider the evidence regarding, the effectiveness of the flu vaccine in actually preventing influenza. b.. If you do decide to vaccinate, insist on mercury-free influenza vaccines for yourself and your children. c.. Do not combine the flu vaccine with other vaccines. d.. Do not let yourself be pressured into receiving a vaccine that you don't want; insist that your doctor or pharmacist find you a mercury-free vaccine. Get All the Facts All vaccines pose some risk, with or without mercury content. However, the influenza vaccine is of great concern, as many brands contain high levels of mercury. SafeMinds recommends that consumers read package inserts for any vaccine prior to immunization. According to flu vaccine package inserts, "Safety and effectiveness has not been established in pregnant women or nursing mothers and should only be given to a pregnant woman if clearly needed." In children under the age of two, the efficacy of inactivated (injected) flu vaccine was similar to placebo. Nasal spray vaccines that contain live flu virus are more effective in children than injectable inactivated flu vaccines. An investigation into the effectiveness of the flu vaccine which examined 274 studies of influenza vaccines and 28 epidemiological studies from 1966 to 2007 with over 3,000,000 participants found that for every 100 people, 7 will develop flu like illness but only 1 will actually have the flu. Simple techniques, such as avoiding those with flu-like illnesses and good hand washing can prevent many cases of the flu. |
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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 garbage deleted |
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