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lovuian

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Mon Mar 26, 2012, 05:53 PM Mar 2012

possible link between narcolepsy and swine flu vaccine Pandemrix

THE Department of Health has received an expert report on a possible link between the sleeping disorder narcolepsy and the human swine flu vaccine Pandemrix.

Campaign group Sound, which represents over 230 children it believes have been affected, has called on the Health Minister James Reilly to publish the report.

The report was prepared by the Health Service Executive's Health Protection Surveillance Centre and parents of children provided their medical records for the research.

http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/expert-report-finds-possible-link-between-narcolepsy-and-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix-3044517.html


Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination: Swine Flu, Pandemrix and Narcolepsy
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243247-Health-Authorities-Now-Admit-Severe-Side-Effects-of-Vaccination-Swine-Flu-Pandemrix-and-Narcolepsy

In Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland, the authorities explicitly set the goal of vaccinating the entire population . In this respect, it is of interest that the governments of these countries, already before the outbreak of the swine flu, had concluded an agreement with GSK, according to which they were assured the delivery of pandemic vaccines, if needed. In addition, the contract stipulated that, in a situation characterized as a pandemic by the WHO, the same Nordic countries would have ten days to decide whether or not to accept delivery of the vaccine in question. Hence, the purpose of the agreement was to assure that the entire populations of these countries would receive vaccinations. Finally, the contract protected GSK from any claim for financial compensation in case the delivered vaccine would have any side effects.

When WHO declared the swine flu to be a Phase 6 pandemic, the agreement referred to above was automatically activated.

"The absolutely worst thing that could happen," commented Richard Bergström, the Director - General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, EFPIA. "The worst nightmare of both the industry and the health authorities is an illness that turns out to be mild, while the vaccine that was supposed to prevent a dangerous epidemic causes a severe side effect that was previously unknown."

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possible link between narcolepsy and swine flu vaccine Pandemrix (Original Post) lovuian Mar 2012 OP
That is horrible. I wonder why countries like Canada and the US had a different type of vaccine. snagglepuss Mar 2012 #1
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