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...from swine-flu-vaccine makers - agreed to by the U.S. government in June - that they must be granted immunity from lawsuits. The 1976 campaign saw expensive lawsuits against the government from the families of the 25 people who died and the 500 or so who were partly paralyzed by Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Only one person died of the 1976 swine flu. It is wrong to suggest that the current vaccines being rushed to market are safe for general consumption. The public has a right to know that neurologists around the country have been alerted to watch...
...relevant concerns with getting vaccinations. For example, the H1N1 vaccine packaged in a multidose vial contains the mercury compound thimersol, which though present in trace amounts, could still bother consumers. And there is the infamous case from 1976 when the vaccine used to treat swine flu was associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, causing paralysis in some patients. There are few data to provide conclusive evidence of causation, and scientists now assure us that the production of vaccines has greatly improved in the last 30 years, but consumers may still be worried. If the worker feels confident that the risks...
...smallpox vaccine kills between one and two people per million inoculated.) Health officials don't always get the decision right. In March 1976, the U.S. government ordered a mass vaccination program against a swine flu virus they feared would cause a pandemic. Within weeks, reports surfaced of people developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralyzing nerve disease that can be caused by the vaccine. More than 30 people eventually died of the condition. Facing protests, federal officials abruptly canceled the program in December. (Read "Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days...
...conclusively linking deaths to a vaccine can be difficult, Pennington says, pointing out that there is still debate among experts as to how many of the 1976 Guillain-Barré deaths were actually caused by the vaccine. For this reason, health officials fear that adverse reactions in vaccine recipients can make the already difficult job of convincing healthy people to receive inoculations even more challenging. For whatever reason, people tend to fear vaccines more than other medicines. This has been the case since the first vaccinations were given to prevent a spread of smallpox in England in the late 18th...
...nationwide vaccination against a suspected swine flu was in 1976, with less than successful results, to say the least. Under orders from President Gerald Ford, a vaccine was rushed into production and administered to 45 million Americans, at a cost of $135 million. But within weeks, people started developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralyzing immune-system disorder that can result from the vaccine. Some experts estimated the risk of Guillain-Barré as being seven times higher in those who were immunized vs. those who were not. After the immunization program was terminated nine months after it began, government...