I'm doing a little research this evening on the This years seasonal flu vaccines per the manufacturer's package inserts and it's very amusing that almost all of them list that there are no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with their respecitve vaccines!!! Also note that if you have any form of egg allergy or any specific antibiotics allergies that you should not be vaccinated. Each manufacturer has different antibiotis listed in their ingredients so if you have allergies to them I have posted all of the inserts via the FDA!!!!
Afluria
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM220730.pdf
Agriflu
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM192127.pdf
Fluarix
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM220624.pdf
Flulava
lhttp://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM112904.pdf
Flumist
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm094047.htm
Fluvirin
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm112852.htm
Fluzone
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM195479.pdf
So here's the deal...The flu vaccines specific flu strains are determined by a group of officials who GUESS which flu strains MAY hit the US this year. There is no scientific data to show which ones wil actually come this year but here is what they decided on...
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm220718.htm
Just scroll down a little on that page and it'll fill you in on the 3 chosen strains...
If you haven't figured it out, my personal OPINION is the Flu shot is worthless and a giant money making scam!!! Yup you heard me right!
So basically when you get done sorting through mounds of stats you will learn that the number of death from the flu haven't really decreased since begining innoculating millions of individuals. Frankly unless you are SEVERLY immunocompromised ( like someone with HIV/AIDS, or have been going thru Chemo & Radiation) you are EXTREMELY UNLIKELY to actually die of the flu, and isn't that the point of their big bad vaccine to prevent deaths???
