(WHO) H1N1 should be added to next flu vaccine

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

Pandemic strain expected to return in the fall, health officials say

LONDON - The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to the regular flu vaccine next season.

WHO said in a statement Thursday that it held a meeting this week to decide which flu strains should be recommended to drug makers for their vaccines during the northern hemisphere's next flu season, which begins in the fall.

Flu vaccines have three virus strains — which experts decide on after estimating which strains made the most people sick last season. The other strains are H3N2 — which like H1N1 is a type of influenza A — and influenza B.

Last year, the swine flu pandemic virus, or H1N1, emerged too late to be added to the regular flu vaccine and a new vaccine was needed.


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[kestrel91316]

1. Boy, the vaccine phobics will have a field day over this. In spite of the fact that

H1N1 is JUST ANOTHER STRAIN OF FLU.

[Robb]

4. We should add it to milk, and the water system.

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

5. Put it into sodas like the HFCS.

[MineralMan]

2. I'm not surprised. It will probably be one of the strains

circulating next year. Perhaps even the dominant strain. I'm just hoping we don't get a resurgence this spring.

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[uppityperson]

6. Add it to the strains, good idea. k&r

[HuckleB]

7. K & R.