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[geriatrickid]

sedeflonga, on 2009-11-29 09:17:35, said:

geriatrickid, on 2009-11-27 09:36:16, said:

Please note that there are NO confirmed deaths from allergic reactions. There is one death of an elderly male (80 years). This may have been due to an underlying health condition and the autopsy results are pending. This patient was in an at risk group.

In respect to recorded allergic reactions, there are now only 24 cases recorded by Health Canada out of the million of doses administered. The current rate of anaphylactic events is reported as approx. 0.32 cases for every 100,000 doses of vaccine administered. This result is well within acceptable standards.

The initial media reports were based upon an inaccurate interview that was picked up and repeated.

Again, I stress that there are no deaths caused by the vaccine program in Canada. Adverse reactions are being reported at a rate far better than expected, and a much higher value would have been expected as the vaccine administration is being closely monitored.

Please consult the Health Canada website for more explicit and specific news.

wrong: http://watch.ctv.ca/...-19/#clip237358

The news link you printed does not state that anyone died from the vaccine. An 80 year old that received the vaccine died, but for all anyone knows, he died because of other reasons, you know, like old age. 6 friggin ADRS and its made out like this is  killing people.  The ADRs were treated.  In a perfect world,  people with underlying medical conditions or that are already likely to die would not be given the vaccine, but it is impossible to screen out  everyone for UNKNOWN conditions  like heart disease, or unidentified aneurysms ready to pop. People die unexpectedly every day.

[Sheryl]

Geriatric kid is absolutely correct.

The facts of the matter are that there were more than the expected number of allergic reactions to a single batch of the vaccines (but still, even with that batch, involving a very, very  small percentage of people), the monitoring systems in place picked this up right away and it is being investigated. In the interim to be on the cautious side use of that one batch has been suspended until results of the investigation are in. It is too soon to say if it was just a fluke or if there was some contaminant in that batch which accounted for the reactions  

One person, repeat ONE, died after having an allergic reaction but as that person was an 80 year old with other medical problems it is not yet known to what extent the allergic reaction was the cause. That too is being investiagted. All other persons with allergic reactions are fine.  Facilities administering this or any other vaccine or for that matter any parenteral (injected) medication have personnel and emergency equipment on hand to deal with these reactions and with competent care the mortality rate is virtually nil. And, again, the incidence is very, very low, and due to a specific allergy that those small number of people had. Just as some people are allergic to peanuts, some are allergic to penicillin, some to bee stings etc; a very, very  small percentage of people will be  allergic to proteins in the vaccine.

People with a history of other allergies are at more risk than most and would do well to remain in the medical facility for say 30 - 60 minutes after injection just to be on the safe side. Even more caution if prior allergic reaction to any type of vaccine, in that case the risk-benefits for that individual  should be discussed with personal physician.

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