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Fri, Feb 10 2012
A look behind the shot
France's health minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin is vaccinated against pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus at a vaccination centre in Paris on November 12 2009.
As many people as possible should be vaccinated as soon as possible by their doctors, due to the increasing risk of an H1N1 epidemic, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Immunology Commission recommended on November 11. The government leaders have been publicly vaccinated in an attempt to set a good example. The Budapest Times looked into whether we are really in danger without the vaccine, or have simply been led to believe that by the strong lobby of the pharmaceutical companies.
Making the case
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), the Association of Hungarian Medical Societies and the National Epidemiological Centre (OEK) are warning of a pandemic and are strongly advising that people be vaccinated in order to protect both themselves and those around them. All the organisations appeared clear on one point: there is no harm in being vaccinated. "We recommend the vaccine to everyone whose immune system is weakened or not yet strong enough," Andrea Zs. Tóth, marketing director of Firstmed Center said. Virologist György Berecsi, OEK adviser took a similar view: "Anyone who cannot tolerate a fever of 39 degrees is in great danger, for example patients with heart disease, asthma, lung disease, diabetes or allergies. Although that is also true of seasonal flu, a pandemic is much more dangerous."
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Making the case
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), the Association of Hungarian Medical Societies and the National Epidemiological Centre (OEK) are warning of a pandemic and are strongly advising that people be vaccinated in order to protect both themselves and those around them. All the organisations appeared clear on one point: there is no harm in being vaccinated. "We recommend the vaccine to everyone whose immune system is weakened or not yet strong enough," Andrea Zs. Tóth, marketing director of Firstmed Center said. Virologist György Berecsi, OEK adviser took a similar view: "Anyone who cannot tolerate a fever of 39 degrees is in great danger, for example patients with heart disease, asthma, lung disease, diabetes or allergies. Although that is also true of seasonal flu, a pandemic is much more dangerous."
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Why is a pandemic worse than seasonal flu?? The word only means that it has crossed borders from country to country. Scaremongering!!!
The vaccine can only do more harm than good as is the case for all vaccines. Check out the data for Smallpox in Leicester as opposed to London at the end of 19th century. People in Leicester were not vaccinated and their chances of survival were much stronger than London where they were vaccinated!
How wrong can they be!!! Firstly a temperature is a normal reaction of your immunity system to destroy the virus. Reduce the temp and reduce the chance of your immunity system working at full capacity.
Secondly (Check Mercola.com) pregnant women are especially at risk (no testing has been carried out) and many cases of miscarriage are being reported in the states.
thirdly you are twice as likely to contract the flu after taking a vaccine.
Fourthly children are put at 7 to 14 times the risk of autism.
fifthly all foods have [...]
Read the full comment to state whats in them why not on the side of the vaccines??
Sixthly if your immunity is week then your chance of contracting the flu from having it injected into you have to be increased.
What is Firstmed ?? A pharma company?? If so of course the will recommend it.