How do they make Fluvax? What are the different viruses in this year's vaccination?
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Flu vaccination shots administered in the United States are manufactured in Britain.\n\nThe flu shot, or influenza vaccine, is a mixture of dead flu viruses that prepares the immune system to fight the actual virus if it enters the body. It's like giving a search-and-rescue dog a shoe to sniff so that the dog remembers the scent and can find the owner of the shoe. The immune system remembers the viruses in the flu shot, and is ready to attack if one shows up in your body. The viruses are destroyed quickly, before you come down with any symptoms.\n\nGetting the shot does not guarantee that you won't get the flu, but it does mean that you have a much smaller chance of getting sick from it.\n\nFDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 17, 2006, to select the influenza virus strains for the composition of the influenza vaccine for use in the 2006–2007 U.S. influenza season. During this meeting, the advisory panel reviewed and evaluated the surveillance data related to epidemiology and antigenic characteristics, serological responses to 2005/2006 vaccines, and the availability of candidate strains and reagents. \n\nThe panel recommended that vaccines to be used in the 2006-2007 season in the U.S. contain the following: \n\na. an A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1)-like virus; \nb. an A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like virus (A/Wisconsin/67/2005 and A/Hiroshima/52/2005strains); \nc. a B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like virus (B/Malaysia/2506/2004 and B/Ohio/1/2005 strains) \n\nThe influenza vaccine composition to be used in the 2006-2007 season in the U.S. is identical to that recommended by the World Health Organization on February 15, 2006.
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hi im a medical student...\n\nthe flu shot that is given in the U.S. is an attenuated virus mixed viral antigens.  So it cant "make" you sick.  What your eperiencing is probably your immune system preparing to fight a viral infection or 'gearing up' as if it were exposed to the live viral antigens....
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Influenza shots are not live viruses but are called attenuated viruses.  The flu like symptoms that can sometimes accompany a flu shot are likely from the revving of the immune system as it attempts to deal with the vaccine.  You don't actually get a full bout of influenza from the shot.  I don't know enough about the person in question as to why he was told not to get one.  But I work in an oncology clinic and many of our cancer patients get them.  It is recommended by the Centers for Disease control that people that are high risk should get the flu shot such as elderly, children and people with compromised immune systems (including people that live with these people).  Like many cases in medicine it is a risk versus benefit.  If a person is not strong or well enough to survive a case of influenza and the vaccine will only make them slightly ill it might be better off getting the vaccine.  In other cases this is not so.  The long and short of it is the MD with the most patient history should make the call.
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The flu shot is basically a small, inactive dose of the influenza virus. Because it is a small, inactive dose, your body can resist it and build antibodies to fight the influenza virus the next time you are exposed to it (Like when a classmate sneezes near you)
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That makes no sense - Most people get Mumps vaccinations when they are young.\n\nThe bird flu (and other types of flu) can mutate, so Flu Vaccines aren't as effective.
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Flu shots have many weird side effects.\n\nDo NOT get vaccinated.\n\nA vaccinated person is MORE likely to get a disease than  a non-vaccinated person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.\nThere are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.\nJust sit back and think for a while.\nIs there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.\nWe have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.\n\nThe Vaccination Hoax\nhttp://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html\n\n\nIf you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at\nhttp://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm\nYou will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.\n\nIf you want to study the history of vaccination, see\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html
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The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a booster dose before starting school (i.e. age 4/5).\nSmallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) was a highly contagious viral disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20–40 percent of those infected. The other type, V. minor, only kills 1% of its victims. Many survivors are left blind in one or both eyes from corneal ulcerations, and persistent skin scarring—pockmarks—is nearly universal.\nPlease see the webpages for more details and images on MMR vaccine and Smallpox.
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1) It replicates quickly\n2) it becomes part of your body, killing the virus will kill your immune system in effect\n3) It is a retrovirus and mutates extremely quickly. It is based on RNA and not DNA and does not have a second strand like in DNA viruses so it mutates very very quickly. A cure today will not work in a couple of years. Like the flu virus, the vaccioine changes every year because the flu virus constantly changes\n4) it is hard to determine where exactly the virus is located\n5) It is impossible to completely destroy the virus, only get iut to small amounts
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The effectiveness of the flu shot varies substantially based on how accurate health authorities are at guessing what they prevalent flu strains will be.  They must determine months ahead of time what flu vaccine to make to accomodate the lead time of manufacturers, and come wintertime, those strains may not be the most prevalent.\n\nIn years where the strains were determined correctly, the vaccine is up to 90% effective according to the CDC.  However, even in a recent year where not all of the strains were identified properly, the vaccine was still 52% effective.  So your chances of getting the flu seem to be substantially reduced by getting the shot.
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Hi !!!\n\nThis is the site you are looking for: http://www.vaccinehaffkine.com\n\nAbout:\n"Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, was born on 15th March, 1860 in Odessa, Russia. An illustrious disciple of Dr.Aleck Metchnikoff and Dr.Louis Pasteur, Dr Haffkine arrived in Calcutta in 1892 with a mission to tackle the problem of a Cholera epidemic. \n\n          He arranged for clinical trials of his vaccine and successfully helped to combat the dreadful disease from spreading further. When plague broke out in 1896, he was invited to set up a Plague Research Laboratory in Mumbai . It was later renamed as Haffkine Institute in 1925.With a view to expand the production activities and to meet the growing demands for medicines & life saving drugs, the Haffkine Institute was bifurcated by Government of Maharashtra in 1975 and the production activities were entrusted to HAFFKINE BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION LTD. , a fully owned Govt. of Maharashtra Company, registered under the Companies Act,1956."\n\n \n>>> Naveen Kumar
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Well,\n\nA person only gets one flu shot per season, so it would seem to me that the flu shot gives protection for the entire flu season.\n\nThen you get to do it again next year!
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Found an interesting page today.\nTake a look.\n\nhttp://www.fluwikie.com/
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Flu shots worthless\nhttp://www.newstarget.com/020912.html
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Very rare, but some can get it twice even 3x. I was talking to my son's pediatrician on his 12 month check and I asked about chicken pox. He said he had a patient a long time ago who got vaccinated for chicken pox but still got it. Then, the patient got it the 2nd time. After the 2nd time, they got a blood test done and found that the patient still didn't have immunity to it, so they gave a 2nd vaccine. Finally, that did it.
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Please don't give flu shots to a child, or anyone. They are dangerous and innefective.\n\nDo NOT get vaccinated.\n\nA vaccinated person is MORE likely to get a disease than  a non-vaccinated person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.\nThere are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.\nJust sit back and think for a while.\nIs there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.\nWe have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.\n\nThe Vaccination Hoax\nhttp://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html\n\n\nIf you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at\nhttp://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm\nYou will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.\n\nIf you want to study the history of vaccination, see\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html
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Currently the are 15 in Oklahoma City.  I do not get one because they always make me sick for a few days.  I don't want to get sick for a few days for the CHANCE of not getting the FLU.  There are several different versions of the Flu and the shot you get is only a guess on what strand of the flu will hit this year.  If they are wrong you got a flu shot for nothing.
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I believe that there are dozens of serotypes of pneumococcus.  Thus, getting infected with one might only confer immunity to one specific subtype.  The pneumonia vaccine, on the other hand, provides coverage for 20 or so of the most common serotypes.  If you're in a high-risk group (your immune system is compromised or you are elderly), a yearly vaccine would be a good idea.