Friday, October 16, 2009

People Who Get a Seasonal Flu Shot Are Twice as Likely to Catch Swine Flu

As-yet-unpublished Canadian data raises concerns about whether it's a good idea to get a seasonal flu shot.
A series of studies suggests that people who got a seasonal flu shot last year are about twice as likely to catch swine flu as people who didn't.
Journals bar would-be authors from discussing their results publicly before they go through peer review, but the findings have been a poorly kept secret and many in the public health community in Canada have heard about them.
In the meantime, five biopharmaceutical companies have been awarded massive contracts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for development and production of more than 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine, and health officials are urging everyone to get vaccinated against both the seasonal- and the swine flu this season...

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