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Swine flu manufacturers have now been granted legal immunity in case something goes wrong that causes side effects associated with the vaccine. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services signed a document making federal officials and vaccine makers immune from lawsuits related to any ill effects from the swine flu vaccine.
Fears about the effects of a novel swine flu vaccine have sparked much discussion. A swine flu outbreak among soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J in 1974 resulted in vaccinations that caused side effects including Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a condition that causes paralysis. The result was thousands of lawsuits.
Stephen Sugarman, a law professor who specializes in product liability at the University of California at Berkeley says, “The government paid out quite a bit of money”, following past swine flu vaccination side effects.
Most cases of swine flu have been mild. The WHO has stopped tracking cases. No one knows how many infections have really occurred, because not everyone seeks treatment.
Comment from Leslie
Who will cover the bill if someone in your family becomes injured from this vaccine. There will be no damage compensation from the pharmaceutical companies. Ask if your insurance company covers vaccine damage. Women make sure that you do not get this vaccine during or right before menstruation.
i have read and now have a concern about leslie’s comment and i would like to know why do not get the vaccination before menstruation? thanks!
Kelly – glad that you are interested in knowing more about when to vaccinate during your menstrual cycle. Unfortunately, doctors do not take into consideration where a woman is in her menstrual cycle for any type of therapy. Basically during the premenstrual phase – 7 to 14 days prior to when women get their periods – the body goes through a lot of changes. In preparation to release the uterine lining (if conception does not take place) our hormone levels (estrogen and progesterone) drop, the immune system become more compromised and generally women are more fatigued. Many women are more prone to colds, bacterial and viral outbreaks, like vaginal infections or herpes etc. While there is not a lot of information on this – although two women’s magazines reported on an obscure study in the 1990′s – it just seems plain common sense not to get a vaccine that adds additional toxins to one’s body because of the adjuvants/preservatives that are used at this time. Some women do not experience much of a change during the premenstrual phase while others experience more severe symptoms – depending on their hormone balance/imbalance.
The two small articles from the women’s magazines that I mentioned are below:
“While most women hardly need to be told that their hormone cycle affects their body; few of us suspected it could make the difference between life and death. But research with breast-cancer patients is starting to suggest that scheduling a patient’s surgery according to her cycle may increase her chances of being cured. And that’s just the most prominent example to emerge from a small but growing exploration of the relationship between women’s monthly hormonal changes and common illnesses, ranging from migraines to irritable bowel syndrome.”
Catherine Gifford
Lifesaving News About Your Period
McCalls, July 1993
When women are most disease-resistant
“Keeping in step with your body’s natural rhythms could add years to your life, especially is you are one of the 40,000 to 50,000 pre-menopausal women who will face breast cancer surgery this year. According to a recent Lancet study report on a twelve year study of forty-one women with breast cancer, those whose surgery is preformed near the times of ovulation are four to fives times less likely to suffer relapse and death than those who are operated on during or nearer their menstrual period.
“Why the dramatic difference? Researcher William J.M. Hrushesky, M.D., senior oncologist at the Albany VA Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., speculates that a woman’s immune defenses are likely to vary with her menstrual cycle and may become most potent with ovulation. So her ability to fight disease may be significantly higher that point of her cycle.”
Women Right Now
Glamour Magazine, April 1990