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Comment by Tara on July 23, 2009 at 9:26am

Young and old volunteers sought to test swine flu shot

By Lauran Neergaard

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The race is on: The government and vaccine-makers are seeking thousands of volunteers, from babies to the elderly, to roll up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots - to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against this novel virus before its expected rebound in the fall.
Yesterday the National Institutes of Health tapped a network of medical centers around the country to begin a series of studies, with the first shots to go into the arms of healthy adults, of any age, in early August. None is in the Philadelphia area.

If there are no immediate safety concerns, such as allergic reactions, testing quickly would begin in children as young as 6 months.

The tests, plus additional research from vaccine manufacturers, are key as the government decides whether to offer swine flu vaccine to millions of Americans starting in mid-October - assuming that enough is produced by then - still a big question as the vaccine is proving hard to make.

It's crucial to test all ages. Unlike regular winter flu that is most dangerous to people over 65 and under 2, this new swine flu that has quickly spread around the globe seems to disproportionately target school-age children, teenagers, and young adults.

Will the results come in time? "It's going to be very, very close," Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.

"We are racing to provide them as much information as we possibly can," said Karen Kotloff of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who is helping to lead the NIH study. She said doctors and other health workers already were asking about enrolling in the study themselves.

It promises to be a confusing fall, as doctors struggle to administer vaccine against the regular winter flu and tell patients to stay tuned for when and if they can later return for another shot or two of swine flu vaccine.

The test plan: All volunteers will get two swine flu shots, given 21 days apart. By early September, blood tests should show how much immune protection the initial dose triggered - and if a low-dose shot worked or a higher dose was needed. It will take another month to get information on the second shot.

Comment by truth on July 22, 2009 at 8:58pm

'Swine Flu Vaccine Should Not Be Given To Children In Schools'
http://www.infowars.com/swine-flu-vaccine-should-not-be-given-to-ch...
These new vaccines are being fast tracked by the FDA. We are being told they will only be tested for a few weeks on a few hundred children and adults before being given to children in schools in October.


The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) has issued a statement publicly questioning the necessity and safety of administering experimental H1N1 swine flu vaccines to children in schools. NVIC called on the Obama Administration and state Governors to provide evidence to parents that there are vaccine safety screening, recording, monitoring, reporting and vaccine injury compensation mechanisms in place.

Volunteers sought for testing swine flu shots
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32085899/ns/health-swine_flu/
The government called Wednesday for several thousand volunteers to start rolling up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots, in a race to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against the virus before its expected rebound in the fall.

Comment by luggnutz on July 22, 2009 at 11:34am

First case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 reported in Quebec
By Drew Halfnight, The GazetteJuly 22, 2009 10:01 AMBe the first to post a comment
A Quebec man became the first person in Canada to contract the H1N1 virus after taking the Tamiflu vaccine, raising concerns about the drug’s reliability.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/First+Tamiflu+resistant+H1N1+reported+Quebec/1815888/story.html

Comment by Tara on July 22, 2009 at 11:28am

Swine flu drug sales soar amid stockpiling

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Sales of the flu drug Relenza shot up 1,900 percent from a year ago as governments around the world stockpiled in preparation for a swine flu pandemic, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday.

Comment by Tara on July 22, 2009 at 11:19am

Human flu jab trials 'under way'

Human trials of a vaccine to protect against the H1N1 swine flu virus have begun in Australia.

Comment by Tara on July 22, 2009 at 12:26am

Global health officials mull how to slow swine flu

Comment by truth on July 21, 2009 at 11:53pm

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/90217/Flu-drug-minders-called-in/

SECURITY guards are being drafted in to protect Britain’s swine flu drugs amid fears of chaos if the outbreak worsens. Teams of minders will watch over the batches of medicine to stop panicked patients stealing the valuable Tamiflu tablets. The guards will also help protect medical staff from attacks by people who are turned away or refused drugs as the country goes on red alert for the killer bug.


The huge demand for Tamiflu means that special distribution centres will be set up. Police have also been involved in the planning, with drug protection officers being appointed across Britain.

Comment by truth on July 21, 2009 at 5:57pm

Top Epidemiologist Slams Swine Flu Fearmongering

A top epidemiologist has slammed the “dangerous fearmongering” behind the swine flu scare and dismissed it as nothing more than the product of an industry licking its lips at the prospect of a profitable pandemic.

Comment by truth on July 21, 2009 at 4:16pm

Human trials of swine flu drug start in Australia

Comment by truth on July 21, 2009 at 12:03pm

EU666 Biodefense Stockpile and US666 Biodefense Stockpile

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