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Dr_Doom (OP) User ID: 59172351 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 05:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ingredients The vaccine contains live but weakened (attenuated) forms of flu virus which do not cause flu in those vaccinated. The virus is grown on hens' eggs and the vaccine may contain small amounts of egg proteins. There are no published data on the use of Fluenz in children with egg allergy, but a new study will report on this soon. Children who are allergic to eggs should be given an egg-free inactivated flu vaccine, if one is available. With specialist medical advice, they may also be able to receive a vaccine with a very low albumin content. See more information on egg proteins in vaccines. The vaccine also contains gelatin from pigs. See more information on gelatin in vaccines. Very sensitive scientific tests have shown that no DNA from pigs can be detected in the nasal flu vaccine. These tests show that the gelatin is broken down so much that the original source cannot be identified. The vaccine may contain a trace of gentamicin, an antibiotic used in the manufacturing process. See more information on antibiotics in vaccines. The viruses used to make Fluenz are custom-made by putting together individual genes which have the right features to protect against this year's flu strains. This makes it the only vaccine in the UK schedule to contain GMOs. The virus strains are then grown in the laboratory using animal cell-lines. See more information on animal cell-lines. Other ingredients present in very small amounts: Sucrose (sugar), used as a stabiliser Potassium salts, used as an acidity regulator Monosodium glutamate, also used as a stabiliser Fluenz does not contain thiomersal (mercury). [link to www.ovg.ox.ac.uk] Last Edited by Dr_Doom on 02/06/2015 05:12 AM :drdoomison: :UKIPDAY: Welcome to TRUMPLIKE PRODUCTIONS. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 44817250 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 05:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No vaccine can ever be effective because that is not the way the body works. The body doesn't attack what it knows it attacks what it doesn't know. The while premise of vaccines giving the body something to recognise so it does attack is a fraud. The body native cells all have a marker to indicate do not attack. Everything else gets attacked. Wake up to the vaccine lies. |
Fhirinne User ID: 64068588 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 05:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The flu has been killing alot of people in USA this year. Could it be flubola? Quoting: Buzzz 65279813 According to the CDC 30,000 people a year die of it. But like always fear sells Last Edited by Fhirinne on 02/06/2015 05:23 AM You are the CEO of your own wellness. You need to take back your health from the disease-care system |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 65231606 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 05:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | never had the vaccine, never will last time i had the flu i was 16, never had the flu since last time the other half had the flu was when he was 25, never had the flu since 30 years with no flu neither of my kids have had flu jabs, neither have had the flu i will stick with this formula, thanks meantime, everyone i know who gets the jab, gets ill. either from the jab, or gets getting actual flu which would be explained by its efficacy |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23275382 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 07:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | never had the vaccine, never will Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65231606 last time i had the flu i was 16, never had the flu since last time the other half had the flu was when he was 25, never had the flu since 30 years with no flu neither of my kids have had flu jabs, neither have had the flu i will stick with this formula, thanks meantime, everyone i know who gets the jab, gets ill. either from the jab, or gets getting actual flu which would be explained by its efficacy same here |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66407204 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 07:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The flu jab will protect just three per cent of patients this winter, health experts warned last night. They say the virus that causes the illness has mutated so much that it no longer ‘matches’ the current vaccine, which was only developed a year ago. The 3 per cent figure predicted by experts at Public Health England would be the worst in at least a decade. The NHS spends around £100million each year on the flu vaccination programme, with each jab costing £7.60. Although it is never totally effective, it usually protects around 60 per cent of patients. Last night questions were being asked about why health officials did not raise the alarm earlier. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] |
Dr_Doom (OP) User ID: 59172351 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 07:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Flu jab is a waste of time for 97% of patients: Vaccine developed only a year ago no longer 'matches' because the virus has mutated so much Quoting: Anonymous Coward 66407204 The flu jab will protect just three per cent of patients this winter, health experts warned last night. They say the virus that causes the illness has mutated so much that it no longer ‘matches’ the current vaccine, which was only developed a year ago. The 3 per cent figure predicted by experts at Public Health England would be the worst in at least a decade. The NHS spends around £100million each year on the flu vaccination programme, with each jab costing £7.60. Although it is never totally effective, it usually protects around 60 per cent of patients. Last night questions were being asked about why health officials did not raise the alarm earlier. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Pretty sure thats what my post said , but thanks for the info ;) :drdoomison: :UKIPDAY: Welcome to TRUMPLIKE PRODUCTIONS. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66319610 Moldova 02/06/2015 07:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last flu shot I took was in the '70's. Almost died from the flu immediately after getting the shot. I have not had one since and will never have another one. IF people would simply take lots of C and D3 and exercise caution about being around sick people they would never get the fucking flu. I had one small round of flu a few years ago, but it was mild and I had been in a bus full of people who were coughing. Wanna get the flu.. take their damned shot |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 66407204 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 07:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Flu jab is a waste of time for 97% of patients: Vaccine developed only a year ago no longer 'matches' because the virus has mutated so much Quoting: Anonymous Coward 66407204 The flu jab will protect just three per cent of patients this winter, health experts warned last night. They say the virus that causes the illness has mutated so much that it no longer ‘matches’ the current vaccine, which was only developed a year ago. The 3 per cent figure predicted by experts at Public Health England would be the worst in at least a decade. The NHS spends around £100million each year on the flu vaccination programme, with each jab costing £7.60. Although it is never totally effective, it usually protects around 60 per cent of patients. Last night questions were being asked about why health officials did not raise the alarm earlier. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Pretty sure thats what my post said , but thanks for the info ;) I was going to post this but saw your thread so thought I'd stick it here. Can't hurt to have multiple sources for the linktards. :D |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 57491701 United States 02/06/2015 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Vaccines are great - for things like polio and bubonic plague. Why do we need vaccines for something that our immune systems should be able to fight off? It isn't that the diseases are getting stronger it's that we as a species are getting weaker and we're doing it to ourselves. We have inundated ourselves with vaccines and antibiotics to the point where our immunity muscle is atrophied. It's no wonder the common cold isn't killing people by the droves. Oh wait, that's next you watch. Thousands, or millions killed by the everyday common cold. Will that then be the end of it? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38606437 Australia 02/06/2015 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Vaccines are great - for things like polio and bubonic plague. Why do we need vaccines for something that our immune systems should be able to fight off? It isn't that the diseases are getting stronger it's that we as a species are getting weaker and we're doing it to ourselves. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57491701 We have inundated ourselves with vaccines and antibiotics to the point where our immunity muscle is atrophied. It's no wonder the common cold isn't killing people by the droves. Oh wait, that's next you watch. Thousands, or millions killed by the everyday common cold. Will that then be the end of it? "immunity muscle".....? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 39571836 United States 02/06/2015 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also, many vaccines are not developed using egg technology anymore. They are developed using cell line technology, which uses cells from human fetuses and animals. There is no way to tell at the time of the vaccines creation whether there is cancerous, viral, or other harmful material in the cell lines. An entire industry has developed to: "cleanse the supply downstream." This is industry-ese for "remove as much nasty crap from it as possible. I wish to God I were kidding. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 63169132 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i find it hilarious that the flu vaccine has been successfully marketed towards the mainstream sheeple. it used to be rightfully restricted to those with no effective immune system like the extreme elderly. Only idiots would take a flu vaccine. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 41496288 Canada 02/06/2015 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So 3 out of 100 people are benefitting from the vaccine.. Laughing my fucking ass off that is pretty much a chance of coincidence that 3 people feel better. That means the vaccines are not doing anything hahahhaha well except weakening ur immune system |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61863222 United Kingdom 02/06/2015 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right so because H3N2 has drifted away from the vaccine causing a recent extra 3000 deaths per week in the UK (and other countries) almost exclusively in the over 65s this is proof that you shouldn't take the vaccine according to some? Mind blowing anti-logic here. As the H1N1 components and the B components still match and some of the H3N2 still matches the 3% protection figure is also wildly wrong. The reason the UK press is mentioning this now is because it looks like the peak is past in the UK so they can run scare stories now its in the rear view mirror. They stayed silent as the epidemic increased. That's more of a conspiracy than the vaccine! [link to www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk] The West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre (WOSSVC) has genetically characterised 103 influenza A(H3N2) virus. Seventy-three of the 103 virus isolates tested (70.9 %) are in genetic groups containing viruses that show antigenic drift from the 2014/15 Northern Hemisphere vaccine virus. This is often referred to as vaccine mismatch and may indicate that the vaccinated population is less well protected than in seasons in which the vaccine strains and circulating strains are well matched ====== [link to www.gov.uk (secure)]  Excess overall all-cause mortality, England and Wales -In week 4 2015, an estimated 13,934 all-cause deaths were registered in England and Wales (source: Office for National Statistics). This is less than the 14,866 estimated death registrations in week 3, but remains above the 95% upper limit of expected death registrations for the time of year as calculated by PHE === [link to www.cdc.gov] A (H3N2) [569]: 178 (31.3%) of the 569 H3N2 viruses tested have been characterized as A/Texas/50/2012-like, the influenza A (H3N2) component of the 2014-2015 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine. 391 (68.7%) of the 569 viruses tested showed either reduced titers with antiserum produced against A/Texas/50/2012 or belonged to a genetic group that typically shows reduced titers to A/Texas/50/2012. Among viruses that showed reduced titers with antiserum raised against A/Texas/50/2012, most were antigenically similar to A/Switzerland/9715293/2013, the H3N2 virus selected for the 2015 Southern Hemisphere influenza vaccine. A/Switzerland/9715293/2013 is related to, but antigenically and genetically distinguishable from, the A/Texas/50/2012 vaccine virus. A/Switzerland-like H3N2 viruses were first detected in the United States in small numbers in March of 2014 and began to increase through the spring and summer. |
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