In terms of time, most experts agree that a vaccine for H1N1 was achieve in a very fast time. However in the rush to get a vaccine for H1N1, there are now questions about just how safe is the vaccine.
In Singapore, there are 27 reported cases of people having adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine with at least 1 serious case. While all the cases in Singapore have been non-serious, there had been reports all over the world about people having side-effects from the vaccine. A particular batch of the swine flu vaccine has been suspended from use in Canada while at least 2 deaths in China are suspected to be due to adverse effects to the vaccine.
Still I don’t think Singaporeans should be too worried. Currently there are at least 65 million doses of the swine flu vaccines around the world and for every 10,000 doses of vaccines administered, there had been only one report case of adverse effect. By any standard, 1 in 10,000 is a pretty record.
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Unless you happen to be that unfortunate one in the 10,000...
If that's the case, you may want to buy Toto as well. If you're lucky...
Only one in four vaccine injury victims, who apply for compensation under US law, are compensated for their often catastrophic vaccine injuries. Government qualifying rules require that the onset of adverse symptoms must have occurred within four hours of the administration of the vaccine. Despite these severe limitations in legal liability, since passage of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, up to February 28, 1998, compensatory payments have totalled $871 million 800 thousand.
Lawsuits for vaccine damages have as well become increasingly common. In the summer of 1997, various news reports in the Commonwealth countries reported that Dawbams law firm in Norfolk, England is carrying forward a major class action lawsuit for widespread damages arising from Britain's 1994 MMR campaign. In a public statement issued by this law firm it is affirmed that:
We know of hundreds of children who were fat and well before being vaccinated, but who are now chronically ill or seriously mentally or physically disabled. Of some 600 cases: the most common are autism (202); serious digestive problems (110); epilepsy (97); hearing and vision problems (40); arthritis (42); behaviour and learning problems (41); ME (24); diabetes (9); paralysis (9); blood disorders (5); brain damage (3); and death (14).
http://www.whale.to/a/obomsawin_b1.html
I took a look at this but this is not reguarding the H1N1 vaccine.
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