What SHOULD we make of it? If the procedures were faulty, the vaccine could have killed far more people than the illness. Are you suspecting a deliberate tainting of the supply? That's a little too far out for me...
Posted on 10/16/2004 5:26:01 PM PDT by Seeking to remain informed
RE: Flu vaccine
I clicked on the Reuters link at the top of the page and read the story -- and then saw a link on their web page to a story "Pfizer links Bextra, some heart problems" -- but the link said "This story not available". I'd be interested in pursuing that story since I take Bextra. (I'm also aware of the recent Vioxx controversy.)
Knocked the crap outta my Merck stock i don't mind tellin ya
What SHOULD we make of it? If the procedures were faulty, the vaccine could have killed far more people than the illness. Are you suspecting a deliberate tainting of the supply? That's a little too far out for me...
In 1819, Bartolomeo Bizio, a pharmacist from Padua, Italy, discovered and named S marcescens when he identified the bacterium as the cause of a miraculous bloody discoloration in a cornmeal mush called polenta. Bizio named Serratia in honor of an Italian physicist named Serrati, who invented the steamboat, and Bizio chose marcescens from the Latin word for decaying because the bloody pigment was found to deteriorate quickly.
I saw a clip of a new sKerry add yesterday that was blaming the president about the flu vaccine problems. I think that the dims are hoping that this issue will have some traction. Hopefully people are smart enough to know the truth.
The article only gave the Genus Serratia, not the species. The presence of this indicates the outfit wasn't to particular about sterility. The fact the plant was closed, license suspended and all the doses were rejected as probably contaminated, supports that. Looks like the vaccine was produced by slobs that probably sneezed in the pot.
I think that we can assume that the products of companies in countries who have socialized medicine are going to be substandard.
Please add [Contaminated Flu Vaccine] to the thread title.
I see what you are saying: the poster may have added the species.
"OH MY GOSH!
It's ALWAYS Bush's fault!"
Well yeah, we don't have Nixon to kick around anymore. Actully I think it's all sKerry's fault. If he'd been in his seat in the Senate and voting, none of this stuff would happen.
'cuse me, I don't feel well...
Check out this link, "Mail Handling in the Age of Bioterrorism," which lists Serratia marcescens among the goodies --
http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/biosafety/mail_handling.html
That web page is quite the compendium!
Just keep a lot of anti-bacterial soap or dish liquid around and wash your hands often, and you won't get sick..Use lysol on doorknobs and other places where people touch often.
Not bad advice, but you might have to add DON'T BREATHE to that list to get full protection.
BTW, I've developed a really nasty sensitization to the Triclosan in those anti-bacterial soaps: Even if immediately rinsed off it causes deeps cracks and dermatitis on my fingers. I really do think it is overused.
There are some good ones that skin doctors recommend, check into it....and use lots of cream to prevent drying. But PLEASE do breathe, that is necessary, LOL
Ping
Exhibit A: Bill Clinton, elected twice. Case closed. A majority of Americans are morons.
But crab grass, well...crab grass has Kerry written all over it.
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