EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLUENZA VACCINES IN HEALTHY CHILDREN – (04-04-05)

Assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines in healthy children: systematic review To quote: “no studies assessed reductions in mortality, serious complications.”  Well, isn’t that just wonderful considering how much of a push there is to get every child vaccinated with the flu vaccine. Compare this with a recent review of the flu […]

DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFLUENZA DEATHS

Since April 26, CDC has received 145 reports of pediatric deaths associated with influenza infection. Of these, 129 (89%) cases were associated with laboratory-confirmed 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. The remaining 16 pediatric deaths were associated with seasonal influenza or an influenza A virus for which the subtype was undetermined. In comparison, during the […]

DO VACCINES PREVENT INFLUENZA IN ELDERLY?

NO EVIDENCE THAT FLU VACCINE WORKS IN THE ELDERLY TO PREVENT THE FLU.  First off, you need to understand just who the Cochrane Collaboration is.  They are some of the brightest minds in the WORLD in epidemiology and looking at the data present in studies.  That being said, in a recent review of the flu […]

2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A (H1N1) IN ARGENTINA

Not to beat a dead horse (who did NOT die from H1N1)…data from 2 months in Argentina on H1N1. Lost 10 TIMES the amounts of children to H1N1 as seasonal flu. Looking deeper into the numbers, which one should always do, found that, out of 1.2 million children, there were 250 confirmed cases of H1N1 and we […]