H1N1 vaccine production – h1n1 vaccine safety

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h1n1 vaccine safety

As of today, H1N1 influenza is widespread in most of the United States. It is now present throughout the USA. Though there has been a slight decrease in some areas, it continues to increase in other areas and still remains a tough enemy. It’s unpredictable. We don’t know what will happen and we need to take the best steps we can to protect ourselves.

Vaccine efforts are starting. All states in the USA have ordered vaccine. Millions of Americans are being urged to get the H1N1 vaccine when it’s ready, including a large number of children. But, as Dr. Jon LaPook reports, parents are concerned about the safety of the vaccine. Unofficial surveys revealed that a third of nurses and up to half of doctors would decline to take a vaccine against swine flu, which casts a spotlight on the H1N1 vaccine safety issue. On October 6th in Atlanta, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed that the H1N1 flu vaccine is safe and effective at a news briefing. He said: “the H1N1 flu vaccine is made as flu vaccine is made each year by the same companies in the same production facilities and with the same procedures. We have had literally hundreds of millions of people vaccinated against flu with flu vaccine made in this way. That enables us to have a high degree of confidence in the safety of the vaccine. It has an brilliant safety record.”

CDC expects that any side effects following vaccination with the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine would be rare. Mild problems may be experienced such as soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given. If these problems occur, they usually start soon after the shot and last 1-2 days. Life-threatening allergic reactions to vaccines are very rare.

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60 Minutes Correspondent Scott Pelley tours the Sanofi Pasteur plant in Swiftwater, Pa., the only one in America making the H1N1 flu vaccine. The full report airs Sunday on 60 Minutes on the CBS Television Network.
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