Va. teen suffers rare illness after swine flu shot

msnbc ^ | 11-12-09 | JoNel Aleccia

[mupcat]

Interesting, thanks!

[CottShop]

It seems you’re right- I was listenign to Dr Rosenthal on Fox news and he mentioend soemthign in the flu hsots that was added tio create a better response- I assumed it was Thermisol he was talkign about- but I guess he was talking about somehtign else- good catch.

The amount of thermisol is really quite low. People often talk about mercury poisoning from cavitiy fillings, but it woudl take like 300 fllings to reach the toxic levels fro mwhat I understand- I’d always worried about filligns too- but after looking into it, it was clear there really wasn’t much to worry about with only a couple of fillings- same with hte flu shots- not enough to cause concern- There are also thermisol free and thermisol reduced versions of the flu shot- worth askign for hte themrisol free or reduced I guess- but if ya can’t get it, then again, the amoutn is really quite small

[CottShop]

I made a mistake- it was the Adjuvants in the shots that are supposed to boost the effects of the shot I guess, and not the mercury I misunderstood Dr. Rosenthal on FN- here’s soem more info on that:

“Adjuvants are additives that help boost the effectiveness of vaccines”

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE53T2KO20090430

[WKUHilltopper]

"I had heard that there were/are actually two versions of the shot---one with the mercury, and one without. Not sure why it's in there anyway, if there's a type without it." Don't know about "two" versions, but if they're crazy enough to juice one with mercury, no telling what the "second" one has...

[wideminded]

I actually would much prefer myself that there was no mercury in any shots. Even if the level is low, perhaps some people are more sensitive to it and it seems wise to avoid something that in certain forms is extremely toxic, if this is possible. Of course since I played with liquid mercury as a kid, the shots are probably not my biggest personal exposure.