BirdieMod
10-30-2004, 09:10 PM
Have you ever heard of this? I am trying to find anything that would credit or discredit these "facts" that I was presented with. If it is true I think it is just a tragedty. Someone wanting something for nothing has made things bad for everyone then people have actualy died from the flu...
Must read - Flu Shots
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Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs.
The virus is killed and processed to create the vaccine, which
is given by injection under the skin. The body then produces
antibodies to the virus over the next two to four weeks.
If the immunized person then comes into contact with the
influenza virus, the antibodies attack and kill the virus before
it has a chance to cause infection.
The vaccine contains the 3 most likely strains to be active
during the "flu season".
Why the shortage:
Almost half of the nation's flu vaccine will not be delivered
this year. Chiron, a major manufacturer of flu vaccine, will
not be distributing any influenza vaccine this flu season.
Chiron was to make 46-48 million doses vaccine for the
United States.
Chiron is a British company. Recently British health officials
stopped Chiron from distributing and making the vaccine
when inspectors found unsanitary conditions in the labs.
Some lots of the vaccine were recalled and destroyed.
Why is our vaccine made in the UK and not the US? The
major pharmaceutical companies in the US provided almost
90% of the nations flu vaccine at one time. They did this
despite a very low profit margin for the product. Basically,
they were doing us a favor.
In the late 80's a man from North Carolina who had received
the vaccine got the flu. The strain he caught was one of the
strains in that years vaccine made by a US company.
What did he do? He sued and he won. He was awarded
almost $5 million!
After that case was appealed and lost, most US pharmaceutical
companies stopped making the vaccine. The liability out
weighed the profit margin.
Since UK and Canadian laws prohibit such frivolous law suits
UK and Canadian companies began selling the vaccine in the US.
By the way...
the lawyer that represented the man in the flu shot law suit
was a young ambulance chaser by the name of John Edwards.
Must read - Flu Shots
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Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs.
The virus is killed and processed to create the vaccine, which
is given by injection under the skin. The body then produces
antibodies to the virus over the next two to four weeks.
If the immunized person then comes into contact with the
influenza virus, the antibodies attack and kill the virus before
it has a chance to cause infection.
The vaccine contains the 3 most likely strains to be active
during the "flu season".
Why the shortage:
Almost half of the nation's flu vaccine will not be delivered
this year. Chiron, a major manufacturer of flu vaccine, will
not be distributing any influenza vaccine this flu season.
Chiron was to make 46-48 million doses vaccine for the
United States.
Chiron is a British company. Recently British health officials
stopped Chiron from distributing and making the vaccine
when inspectors found unsanitary conditions in the labs.
Some lots of the vaccine were recalled and destroyed.
Why is our vaccine made in the UK and not the US? The
major pharmaceutical companies in the US provided almost
90% of the nations flu vaccine at one time. They did this
despite a very low profit margin for the product. Basically,
they were doing us a favor.
In the late 80's a man from North Carolina who had received
the vaccine got the flu. The strain he caught was one of the
strains in that years vaccine made by a US company.
What did he do? He sued and he won. He was awarded
almost $5 million!
After that case was appealed and lost, most US pharmaceutical
companies stopped making the vaccine. The liability out
weighed the profit margin.
Since UK and Canadian laws prohibit such frivolous law suits
UK and Canadian companies began selling the vaccine in the US.
By the way...
the lawyer that represented the man in the flu shot law suit
was a young ambulance chaser by the name of John Edwards.