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Doctors & Nurses Around The World Reject Flu Shots - Citing Vaccine Ineffectiveness, Flu Shot Side Effects, Flu Is A "Non-Serious" Illness

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Surveys published in 2009 reveal both the acceptance and resistence of healthcare workers willing to recieve flu shot vaccinations. Hong Kong, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Australia, currently rank from highest to lowest refusal rates. Taken as a whole the overall majority of healthcare workers tend to resist flu shots due to potential side effects risks, ineffectiveness of the vaccine, viewing influenza as a non-serious issue.

Hong Kong - 72%

Of 2255 healthcare workers, employed in 31 Hong Kong hospitals, 72.6% rejected taking H1N1 pre pandemic flu shots in response to a WHO influenza pandemic phase 3 alert. The rejection rate was the same for this group when given a choice refuse pre-pandemic H5N1 flu vaccine, despite an escalation to a phase 5 alert. Pubmed

Germany - 65%

Refusal of the influenza vaccinations by medical personnel at a German university hospital indicate a high resistance to taking flu vaccinations, 61.2% of doctors and 72.6% of nurses refuse to take a flu shot. The main reasons for noncompliance included: low risk of infection, fear of side effects, the belief that the influenza vaccine might trigger the influenza virus infection, and scepticism about the effectiveness of the influenza vaccination. Pubmed

Saudi Arabia - 66%

In a 2009 survey, 66.8% of Saudi Arabian healthcare workers report that the influenza vaccine is not safe. 62.3% report that influenza is not a serious illness. Pubmed

Switzerland - 64%

In a survey who's total number of participants consisted of fifty percent paediatricians, routine vaccine immunization was supported by only 15% and dismissed by 64%, leaving 21% undecided. Pubmed

United Kingdom - 42%

Healthcare workers willing to accept influenza vaccination shots from United Kingdom, shows 42.7% of the workers rejecting a H5N1 flu shot injection.

The survey was taken 6 months after a period of media reporting of an H5N1 outbreak at a commercial United Kingdom poultry farm. The study states, "Despite campaigns to increase seasonal influenza vaccine coverage, uptake among healthcare workers is generally low; creating uncertainty whether they would participate in offered by pre-pandemic vaccine programmes." Pubmed

Australia - 42%

Although 77.5% believed that flu vaccination would be of some benefit, however only 42.5% say antiviral medications would protect them personally against pandemic influenza. Pubmed

American Public - 2009 Flu Shot Survey - 90% Say No

2009 published in the Journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism shows a majority of Americans would not take an H1N1 flu vaccine or drug additive authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and University of Georgia study. The study, found that fewer than 10 percent of those surveyed said they would be willing to take such a vaccine or drug and nearly 30 percent remained undecided. Pubmed

Flu Shot Vaccine Ingredients?

Source: US Federal Center for Disease Control

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Influenza (Afluria)

Potassium Chloride, Potassium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Taurodeoxychoalate.

Influenza (Fluarix)

Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin), Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin,
Gentamicin, Hydrocortisone, Octoxynol-10, á-Tocopheryl Hydrogen Succinate,
Polysorbate 80, Sodium Deoxycholate, Sodium Phosphate, Thimerosal*

Influenza (Flulaval)

Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin), Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin, Sodium
Deoxycholate, Phosphate Buffers, includes Thimerosal

Influenza (Fluvirin)

Beta-Propiolactone , Egg Protein, Neomycin, Polymyxin B, Polyoxyethylene 9-
10 Nonyl Phenol (Triton N-101, Octoxynol 9), includes Thimerosal (multidose
containers), Thimerosal* (single-dose syringes)

Influenza (Fluzone)

Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin, Gelatin, Octoxinol-9 (Triton X-100),
includes Thimerosal (multidose containers)

Influenza (FluMist) Nasal Spray

Live H1N1 Virus, Chick Kidney Cells, Egg Protein, Gentamicin Sulfate, Monosodium Glutamate, Sucrose Phosphate Glutamate Buffer

* Where “thimerosal” is marked with an asterisk (*) it indicates that the product should be considered equivalent to thimerosal-free products. This vaccine may contain trace amounts (<0.3 mcg) of mercury left after post-production thimerosal removal, but these amounts have no biological effect. JAMA 1999;282(18) and JAMA 2000;283(16)

Adapted from Grabenstein JD. ImmunoFacts: Vaccines & Immunologic Drugs. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Health Inc.; 2009 and individual products’ package inserts.

Autism Rates Decline as Mercury-Thimersol Removed from Childhood Vaccines

Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.

Mercury continues to be a concern, as it is still added to some of the most commonly-used vaccines, such as those for flu. Despite its removal from many childhood vaccines, thimerosal is still routinely added to some formulations of influenza vaccine administered to U.S. infants, as well as to several other vaccines (e.g. tetanus-diphtheria and monovalent tetanus) administered to older children and adults. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) retreated from the stated 1999 goal of the AAP and the PHS to remove thimerosal from U.S. vaccines as soon as possible. As a result, assessing the safety of TCVs [thimerosal-containing vaccines] is a matter of significant importance.

Common Substances Found in Vaccines:

Source: Center of Disease Control

Aluminum gels or salts of aluminum which are added as adjuvants to help the vaccine stimulate a better response to the vaccine. Adjuvants help promote an earlier, more potent response, and more persistent immune response to the vaccine.
Antibiotics which are added to some vaccines to prevent the growth of germs (bacteria) during production and storage of the vaccine.
Egg protein is found in influenza and yellow fever vaccines, which are prepared using chicken eggs. Ordinarily, persons who are able to eat eggs or egg products safely can receive these vaccines.
Formaldehyde is used to inactivate bacterial products for toxoid vaccines, (these are vaccines that use an inactive bacterial toxin to produce immunity.) It is also used to kill unwanted viruses and bacteria that might contaminate the vaccine during production.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) and 2-phenoxy-ethanol which are used as stabilizers in a few vaccines to help the vaccine remain unchanged when the vaccine is exposed to heat, light, acidity, or humidity.
Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative that is added to vials of vaccine that contain more than one dose to prevent contamination and growth of potentially harmful bacteria.

Additives used in the production of vaccines may include:

1. Suspending fluid (e.g. sterile water, saline, or fluids containing protein);
2. Preservatives and stabilizers to help the vaccine remain unchanged (e.g. albumin, phenols, glycine them
3. Adjuvants or enhancers that help the vaccine improve its work.

Disadvantages of Vaccine Adjuvents with Animals?

Source: Overview of Adjuvents, National Agricultural Library

At the site of injection, Freund's Complete Adjuvant causes a chronic inflammatory response that may be severe and painful for the animal depending on the site as well as the quantity and quality of adjuvant injected. The inflammatory response may result in formation of chronic granulomas, sterile abscesses, and/or ulcerating tissue necrosis. Adjuvant-induced lesions may appear to be metastatic when excessive amounts of the emulsion are injected in a single site. Emulsion injected subcutaneously on the dorsal region of some species (rabbit, in particular) may migrate by fistulous tracts to the ventral region of the animal. Emulsion injected intramuscularly may spread along fascial planes to distant muscular sites or may travel to lung, liver or other organs, apparently by a hematogenous route. Monitoring the site of injection as an index of health of the animal may be inadequate when excessive quantities of emulsion are injected.

Flu Mist Contra Indications

Source: Federal Drug Administration (PDF)

Section (4.1) - Hypersensitivity Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Live, Intranasal is contraindicated in individuals with a history of hypersensitivity, especially anaphylactic reactions, to eggs, egg proteins, gentamicin, gelatin, or arginine or with life-threatening reactions to previous influenza vaccinations.

Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Live, Intranasal is indicated for the active immunization of individuals 2-49 years of age against influenza disease caused by pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. (1)

ADVERSE REACTIONS information is based on studies conducted with seasonal trivalent Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal (FluMist) manufactured by MedImmune.

Most common adverse reactions (≥ 10% in FluMist and at least 5% greater than in control) are runny nose or nasal congestion in all ages, fever >100°F in children 2-6 years of age, and sore throat in adults. (6.1)

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US Federal Emergency Law Allows Use Of Experimental Drugs

Project Bioshield, passed in 2004, created federal powers allowing the emergency use authorization (EUA), thereby giving the FDA the ability to use experimental or "off label" drugs for actual or potential emergencies. As of October 2009, four vaccines against H1N1 virus have been approved under the same process used by the FDA for the seasonal flu vaccine. Experimental drug additives, called adjuvants, added to vaccines to strengthen the immune response and increase the quantity of vaccines, have been ordered and stockpiled by the federal government. But adding them to H1N1 vaccines would trigger an EUA putting the H1N1 into the experimental drug use as dictated by the new Project Biosheild law.

Study Finds Aluminum In Vaccines Causes Neurologic Damage

New research builds on a previous study where the researchers had injected mice with a combination of aluminum and squalene, another "experimental" vaccine adjuvant which is not licensed in North America.

In that study the investigators injected mice with adjuvants that mimicked the anthrax vaccine schedule set by the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. The investigators concluded in that study "our data suggest that the aluminum hydroxide adjuvant induces both behavioral and motor deficits and the loss of motor neurons and increased presence of astrocytes [astrocytes are cells that express inflammatory markers] in spinal cord and neuronal apoptosis [cell death] in the primary motor cortex." When Professor Shaw was asked in an article by Pieta Wooley about this research Professor Shaw replied "No one in my lab wants to get vaccinated. - Full Article HealthSentinel.com

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“There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza. The producers of these vaccines know that they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway.”

- Dr. J. Anthony Morris (former Chief Vaccine Control Officer of FDA)

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