Nurses Boycott Flu Vaccine
UK
Nurses are also saying that the flu shots are unsafe and have been reluctant to
have the vaccines. A report on the website Nursing Times.net (4) states that
unvaccinated nurses taking part in a survey said that they did not have the flu
vaccine because of safety concerns. The report states:
When
asked why they had not had the vaccine, the majority of unvaccinated respondents
highlighted concerns about vaccine side effects.
The
Nursing Times stated that researchers had found that concerns about side effects
and efficacy were the two most frequent reasons for nurses refusing the flu
vaccine.
If
nurses are not having the vaccine through fears that they are unsafe, then
surely this must indicate that these vaccines are unsafe? Could the reason for
this be, that they are seeing a higher than average number of adverse reactions
coming into the hospitals?
Senior Flu Shots Are Proving To Be Exceptionally Dangerous
If
you still feel that the vaccines are safe then I suggest you take a look at an
article written by Dr Mercola which was highlighted this week. Dr Mercola (5)
stated that the new flu vaccine being give to seniors is proving exceptionally
dangerous. He says that according to the CDC there are more frequent reports of
side effects after the High Dose Fluzone vaccine.This is the vaccine which is
being given to seniors. Mercola wrote:
“The
safety profile of Fluzone High-Dose vaccine is similar to that of regular flu
vaccines, although adverse events (which are also reported after regular flu
vaccines) were reported more frequently after vaccination with Fluzone
High-Dose.
The
most common adverse events experienced during clinical studies were mild and
temporary and included pain, redness and swelling at the injection site and
headache, muscle aches, fever and malaise.”
Mercola
continued:
A
total of 6.1 percent of seniors injected with the regular Fluzone vaccine
experienced a serious adverse event, compared to 7.4 percent of those receiving
the newer high-dose version. According to the package insert the SAE’s reported
during the post-approval use of the vaccine include:
•
Thrombocytopenia (abnormally low platelet count, which can result in abnormal
bleeding)
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Myelitis (spinal cord inflammation)
• Optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve)
• Lymphadenopathy (enlarged lymph nodes)
• Facial palsy (Bell’s palsy)
• Paresthesia (numbness/tingling of the skin)
• Itchy skin
• Anaphylaxis (life-threatening whole-body allergic reaction)
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Vasculitis (inflammatory destruction of blood vessels)
• Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Brachial neuritis (excruciating unilateral shoulder pain, followed by paralysis of shoulder)
• Pharyngitis and rhinitis (inflammation of the throat or pharynx, and the nose, respectively)
• Convulsions, fainting, dizziness
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Myelitis (spinal cord inflammation)
• Optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve)
• Lymphadenopathy (enlarged lymph nodes)
• Facial palsy (Bell’s palsy)
• Paresthesia (numbness/tingling of the skin)
• Itchy skin
• Anaphylaxis (life-threatening whole-body allergic reaction)
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Vasculitis (inflammatory destruction of blood vessels)
• Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Brachial neuritis (excruciating unilateral shoulder pain, followed by paralysis of shoulder)
• Pharyngitis and rhinitis (inflammation of the throat or pharynx, and the nose, respectively)
• Convulsions, fainting, dizziness
I
feel that if doctors and nurses are avoiding these vaccinations they are doing
so for a reason and if the vaccine manufacturers are writing lists this long on
their information leaflet, then they are writing it to cover themselves should
anyone have an adverse reaction. Let’s fact it how many pensioners would
actually ask to read this leaflet before they have the vaccine?
I
have decided that given the evidence stating that flu vaccines are proving
unsafe. I will take my chances and not have either of the flu vaccines; one
thing is for sure if I do get the flu I have a better chance of recovery than I
would from the side effects mentioned in the list above.
References
1. Seven Days – Vermont’s Independent News http://www.7dvt.com/2012flu-shot-or-not-state-health-officials-warn-against-alarmist-reaction-young-girls-death
2. Flu Vaccine NHS website http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu-jab/Pages/Introduction.aspx
3. Two People Died After Getting Swine Flu shots – Hometesting bloghttp://hometestingblog.testcountry.com/?p=5005
4. Nursing Times – Vaccine side effects top of nurses’ concerns about flu jabhttp://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/immunology/vaccine-side-effects-top-of-nurses-concerns-about-flu-jab/5039337.article
5. Mercola http://www.care2.com/greenliving/dangerous-new-flu-vaccine-for-seniors.html
http://vactruth.com/2012/01/14/dies-in-mothers-arms/
1. Seven Days – Vermont’s Independent News http://www.7dvt.com/2012flu-shot-or-not-state-health-officials-warn-against-alarmist-reaction-young-girls-death
2. Flu Vaccine NHS website http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu-jab/Pages/Introduction.aspx
3. Two People Died After Getting Swine Flu shots – Hometesting bloghttp://hometestingblog.testcountry.com/?p=5005
4. Nursing Times – Vaccine side effects top of nurses’ concerns about flu jabhttp://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/immunology/vaccine-side-effects-top-of-nurses-concerns-about-flu-jab/5039337.article
5. Mercola http://www.care2.com/greenliving/dangerous-new-flu-vaccine-for-seniors.html