The kooks are out in force on the Anti-Vaccine front with the introduction of the new swine flu vaccine. I thought The Daily Show did a good job digesting it down to one graphic:
The kooks are out in force on the Anti-Vaccine front with the introduction of the new swine flu vaccine. I thought The Daily Show did a good job digesting it down to one graphic:
How long has the vaccine been tested for?
The vaccine kooks predate H1N1 (no one should take medical advice from Jenny McCarthy). The safety of these vaccines has been tested for decades, the efficacy of the vaccine for the new strain has good preliminary indications, but we won’t have ideal numbers until after a season of use.
I am not referring to all vaccines just the H1N1.
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/QA/vteuH1N1qa.htm
H1N1 vaccine is no different than every other seasonal flu vaccine, they were just developed separately because of the newness of the infection of this strain of flu – other seasonal flu vaccines are planned for with much more advance notice