Experts admit swine flu jab ‘may cause’ deadly nerve disease
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Swine Flu Shot Spurned by Most Australians as Virus Not Seen as Big Risk
Swine flu shots in Australia, the first country to offer the vaccine nationally, were spurned by a majority of people mostly because they didn’t consider the pandemic virus a serious health risk, a government report found.
A survey by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found 18.1 percent of the population, or about 3.9 million people, were vaccinated against the new H1N1 flu strain by the end of February, five months after immunizations began. More than half of all adult Australians said they didn’t intend to get the shot, according to the institute in Canberra.
“The major barriers to vaccination uptake included the perceived problems with the vaccine (such as side effects and the vaccine was unsafe) and the perception that swine flu is not a serious health risk,” the institute said in a statement today…
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WHO And The Pandemic Flu “Conspiracies”
Deborah Cohen, features editor, BMJ, Philip Carter, journalist, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London
Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an influenza pandemic had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms that stood to gain from the guidance they were preparing. These conflicts of interest have never been publicly disclosed by WHO, and WHO has dismissed inquiries into its handling of the A/H1N1 pandemic as “conspiracy theories.” Deborah Cohen and Philip Carter investigate
Next week marks the first anniversary of the official declaration of the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June 2009 Dr Margaret Chan, the director general of the World Health Organization, announced to the world’s media: “I have conferred with leading influenza experts, virologists, and public health officials. In line with procedures set out in the International Health Regulations, I have sought guidance and advice from an Emergency Committee established for this purpose. On the basis of available evidence, and these expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met…The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic.”
It was the culmination of 10 years of pandemic preparedness planning for WHO—years of committee meetings with experts flown in from around the world and reams of draft documents offering guidance to governments. But one year on, governments that took advice from WHO are unwinding their vaccine contracts, and billions of dollars’ worth of stockpiled oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza)—bought from health budgets already under tight constraints—lie unused in warehouses around the world.
A joint investigation by the BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that raises troubling questions about how WHO managed conflicts of interest among the scientists who advised its pandemic planning, and about the transparency of the science underlying its advice to governments. Was it appropriate for WHO to take advice from experts who had declarable financial and research ties with pharmaceutical companies producing antivirals and influenza vaccines? Why was key WHO guidance authored by an influenza expert who had received payment for other work from Roche, manufacturers of oseltamivir, and GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturers of zanamivir? And why does the composition of the emergency committee from which Chan sought guidance remain a secret known only to those within WHO? We are left wondering whether major public health organisations are able to effectively manage the conflicts of interest that are inherent in medical science…
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CSL Suspends Suspends Child’s Flu Vaccine
MELBOURNE—CSL Ltd. halted Australian distribution of its pediatric influenza vaccine Friday and launched an investigation after Australian authorities linked influenza injections to severe adverse reactions in young children.
Meanwhile, shares in the big maker of vaccines and plasma products fell 7.3% Friday, in what traders attributed to unrelated worries about the market after U.S. rival Baxter International Inc. on Thursday slashed its full-year outlook. CSL said it didn’t have any reason to alter its previous guidance.
CSL, one of the world’s largest influenza vaccine manufacturers, halted vaccine distribution Friday following reports that children have suffered seizures and high fevers after their injections. A company spokeswoman said the injection at the center of the concern was a seasonal vaccine that immunized children against three influenza strains, including H1N1, also known as swine flu.
Australian Chief Medical Officer Jim Bishop suspended influenza vaccinations for all children under five years old. He said health authorities are seeking more information from CSL, the manufacturer, and to confirm which batches of vaccine were used in Western Australia.
Dr. Bishop said the action was a precaution “due to a spike in the number of young children in Western Australia experiencing fever and convulsions following seasonal flu vaccinations.”…
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Australia Probes Seasonal Flu Vaccine Reactions In Children
Apr 23, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Australia’s chief medical officer asked providers to stop giving children under age 5 the seasonal flu vaccine made by CSL Ltd after receiving reports of fever and convulsions in kids in Western Australia who had recently been immunized.
The country’s drug regulatory agency, the Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA), is investigating the reports and will test samples of the vaccine that CSL has agreed to provide, Bloomberg News reported today.
CSL, an Australia-based flu vaccine producer, said in a statement today it was urgently investigating the reports along with federal and state health officials and that it has stopped distributing its pediatric vaccine to reduce the risk of inadvertent administration to children younger than 5. CSL is Australia’s only flu vaccine producer, but it is one of several companies that supply seasonal flu vaccine for the Australian market.
CSL’s trivalent seasonal flu vaccine covers three flu strains, including pandemic H1N1.
Over the past month, 22 children from the state were hospitalized after experiencing febrile convulsions within 12 hours of receiving the vaccine, The West Australian reported today. Health officials added that one child became seriously ill, and it was still unclear if the vaccine was the cause of the children’s symptoms…
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