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Egg Food Allergy
The H1N1 swine flu vaccine is incubated in chicken eggs, which are a common food allergy in infants and young children. Eggs are among the top food allergens, along with milk, wheat, soy, nuts and peanuts, and fish and shellfish [The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network].
Thimerosal (Mercury)
Most batches of H1N1 vaccine, as well as other flu vaccines, contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative which has been associated with brain and immune system dysfunction, including autism [SafeMinds: Mercury and Autism].
Limited Testing Experimental Vaccine
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the H1N1 vaccine will be released to the public after 1 to 3 weeks of testing on a few hundred children and adults [FDA. Regulatory Considerations Regarding the Use of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccines. Office of Vaccines Research and Review, 2009].
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Comments
Thanks for the info.
Although Thimerosal is associated with autism, no study has ever shown the two to be linked. Indeed, when parental fears forced the US government to remove Thimerosal from vaccines around 2000 (yep, this already happened), autism rates remained the same. So, Thimerosal has no effect on Autism.
Although Thimerosal is mercury, it is, more specifically, Ethyl Mercury, and organic compound that does not bio-accumulate and the body processes (and removes) within a day or two. The mercury pollutant in fish is "Methyl Mercury," which is far more chemically dangerous.
Actually Chris p., ethylmercury is much more toxic than methylmercury. Why? Both of these short chain alkyl mercury compounds are distributed equally to the brain. Once in the brain, the more unstable ethylmercury compound rapidily converts to Hg++ which remains permanently trapped and has been identitied as the form of mercuy most responsible for degenerative brain diseases. Also, ethylmercury is injected directly into the bloodstream thus by-passing all the protective mechanisms of the gastrointestinal system.
There have been many high quality epidemiologic studies designed to answer the question of whether the mercury preservative in vaccines causes autism, and every one has concluded that it does not. There have been several highly scientifically irresponsible studies published off of the national Vaccine Adverse Events Database (and by the same authors) who have been promoting the connection between thimerosal and autism. From an epidemiological point of view (I am an epidemiologist), the studies are incomprehensible. It is tragic in the extreme that many parents and the media and unsuspecting lay people have been so misinformed.
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