October 15, 2009 1:54 PM
Round Hill School - Loudoun - H1N1 vaccine tomorrow - nasal mist
The current Loudoun County Public Schools website states that while they will be offering voluntary H1N1 - swine flu - vaccinations during school hours, they do not know whether the vaccine will be in nasal mist or injected form.
i just received a robocall from Round Hill School, where the vaccinations are scheduled tomorrow. They will be giving nasal mist to all students unless there is some indication that they need an injection.
Parents need to understand that while injections carry dead viral cells, the nasal mist contains the live virus. That means that hose students not receiving the vaccine will be vulnerable to the live viral cells sloughed off through the nasal discharge of students who have received it.
If you have chosen for your child not to receive the vaccine, you may want to keep your child home.
Vaccine proponents are downplaying concerns from professionals and parents. I suspect Loudoun County Public Schools is tampering with Google results to remove alternative information which should be available to parents.
What trumps is the source material. You can download and read the 21-page - 21-page!!! - package insert at the FDA.gov website. Here is a pertinent paragraph from the actual insert of the Nasal Mist:
14.5 Transmission Study FluMist contains live attenuated influenza viruses that must infect and replicate in cells lining the nasopharynx of the recipient to induce immunity. Vaccine viruses capable of infection and replication can be cultured from nasal secretions obtained from vaccine recipients. The relationship of viral replication in a vaccine recipient and transmission of vaccine viruses to other individuals has not been established.
http://tinyurl.com/H1N1-pkg-insert
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Comments
I questioned my pediatrician this week about the swine flu vaccine. He's awaiting approval and authorization from the American Academy of Pediatrics before ordering and giving the vaccine. In our conversation he stated that the H1N1 flu as it is now is about a 2 on a 1-10 scale as far as the seriousness. His concern is the likely possibility that the flu could mutate into a much more serious type (the same vaccine would protect for mutations). I really don't want my kids getting the vaccine (we've never gotten any flu shots...ever), but that made me a little concerned. Later as I was looking around, I came across a product called Influenzinum (saw it on Amazon) that claims to be a homeopathic vaccine for the seasonal flu as well as H1N1. Have you ever heard of this? I need to find out more as this could be a strong option in giving the protection necessary without the risk of the government vaccine.
Posted by: Sherry | October 15, 2009 9:42 PM
1) “the same vaccine would protect for mutations”
If the virus mutates, the same vaccine would NOT protect which is exactly why seasonal flu vaccines are often is ineffective.
2) If the school uses the mist, the “treated” students will shed for 2-5 days. Just not being there on that day may not be enough.
[I kept Justin home today and plan to keep him home until next Wednesday.]
Posted by: Resident Old Married Man | October 16, 2009 12:50 PM
While I think that the nasal mist form of the vaccine is a poor choice for a school environment, keep in mind that the nasal mist contains a weakened form of the live virus. Odds are, if your kids are in school they will be exposed at some point to the live, non-weakened form of the virus anyway. The same kind of common sense precautions that Barbara has been posting about (hand washing, proper covering of coughs and sneezes, etc) should help any child in contact with someone who has just received the flu mist vaccine.
Also, as far as herbal and homeopathic remedies are concerned, keep in mind that the laws governing how these products are tested are much more lenient than the requirements for the testing of vaccines and drugs produced by pharmecutical companies. I wouldn't necessarily conclude that they are any safer. The H1N1 vaccine was not made by the government, so it's really not a "government" vaccine, though obviously the government is aggressively promoting it.
Posted by: Elizabeth B. | October 16, 2009 3:52 PM
