Posted on 11/14/2009 5:49:41 PM PST by libh8er
Two persons are reported to have died after taking the A/H1N1 vaccination as the Chinese mainland prepares to vaccinate 65 million people, or 5 percent of its population, by the end of the year, health officials said on Friday.
A secondary school teacher in Hunan province died while playing basketball 8 hours after taking the jab, the provincial health department said on Friday afternoon.
But his death, according to preliminary findings, was not linked to the vaccine and it would not affect the ongoing H1N1 vaccination program, said Deng Haihua, spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
Deng did not give the details of the other victim. According to regulations, the local health authority where such deaths occur should be the one to announce it, he said.
So far, 15 people have suffered severe side effects including anaphylactic shocks (sudden drop in blood pressure or difficulty in breathing) after taking the jab, said Liu Dawei, a vaccination expert with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
These people will get free treatment and cash compensation," Liu said. Till Thursday, more than 12 million people had been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, with 1,235 complaining of side effects, the Ministry of Health said. Most of the reactions, however, have been mild and temporary.
Preliminary results of the Hunan victim's autopsy show he could have died after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, which experts say kills more than 1,700 people in the country each day.
"The Hunan teacher's death is a coincidental medical incident," Liu said.
The exact cause of his death can be known only after all his medical records, including the final autopsy report, are studied, Deng said. But the batch of vaccines from which he got the jab has been withdrawn as a precautionary measure.
The autopsy on the other victim was likely to be performed on Friday night, Deng said.
No vaccine is risk-free, but the influenza vaccine is among the safest, said Vivian Tan, press officer of the World Health Organization's Beijing office.
"We have observed minor side effects like sore arm, red rashes, low fever and headache among the people who have taken the jab. Severe side effects are very uncommon. But it's important to monitor the situation closely," Tan said.
I highly doubt they are getting the real vaccine.
Probably a melamine / lead cocktail. LOL
Reminds me of Rush’s line about 90% of people who die in America have eaten carrots in the preceding month (or something along those lines).
If you vaccinate millions of people a certain number of them will get struck by lightening or win the lottery. If one thing follows another, it does not mean there is a causal relationship.
One thing I wonder though, China has an absolutely huge animal vaccine industry. They have a program to vaccinate every chicken in the country for avian flu. In order to create that vast amount of vaccine, they use a dirty process that is not approved for humans. I remember reading a year or two ago that western nations were thinking about developing technology to clean and purify the animal vaccine to make it safe for humans, as I recall, the idea was dropped as it was not cost effective. Knowing chinese business philosophy, I would not choose to take any vaccine in China, or take chinese medicine for that matter. Even chinese traditional medicine is laced with western pharmaceuticals, heavy metal and whatever they swept off the shop floor.
George Washington didn’t have adequate health insurance.
Think about it.
The classic post hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy. The cock crows and the sun raises. Therefore the cock caused the sun to rise. You see this every day in typical democrat arguments.
Well, my friend who was an anti-vaccination extremist is holding vigil by his girlfriend’s hospital bed as she is dying of this H1N1...He is now living in torment that they didn’t get it as she was in a high risk group. Some will die from the vaccine..Some will die without it and some will not die because of it...there are no guarantees in life. You roll the dice...
Like I stated most of the people who died of bird and the 1917 flu died of pneumonia. Their lungs looked like hamburger and filled up with fluid. My wife and I are currently taking turmeric and vitamins along with oils and other homeopathic items.m No flu shotas for us and yes it is a dice shot just getting out of bed in the mornings too.
And some high-risk people will be vaccinated and then get the (H1N1?) flu anyway, as we are living through at my house this weekend.
Oops!
Well, he’s dead isn’t he? /s
I got the H1N1 vaccine Wednesday night.
Apart from setting off those shoplifting sensors every time I go to the store, everything is fine
/s/
Seriously. No side effects apart from a sore arm.
Where do you get a pneumonia vaccine?
Have your doctor give you a shot.
Cool. The first time I heard of this pneumonia vaccine was yesterday on FR... I’m fascinated because I’ve had pneumonia 4 times and I’d like the 4th to be the last.
That’s right..it’s a crapshoot...
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