Thread: flu vaccine danger

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Is it this haz?

The WA Government has suspended all flu vaccinations for children under five while it investigates a spike in admissions to Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth.
The Health Minister, Kim Hames, says in the past 24 hours, 45 children have been taken to hospital suffering high temperatures and febrile convulsions after receiving the vaccination.
Dr Hames says the program will be suspended until the department finishes its investigation.
He says parents who have had their children vaccinated should take precautions.
"If it's longer than 12 hours ago, then there is no risk but it it's in the last 12 hours they should make sure that they give their child paracetamol and then take every effort to make sure that the temperature of their child is settled," he said.

Flu shots suspended - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

yep on 7 news they also said breathing diiiiferculties

It looks like a contaminated/faulty batch.
I wouldn't trust the symptoms listed as they are... I've seen the media's examples of exaggerations in the past, and a breathing difficulties can also be shortened to stuffy nose.
Febrile convulsions are rarely serious, and indicate viral infection, and a result of the the high temperature, from what I remember.
This news report makes it seem like they're all seriously ill.

I think the likely reason is that some batches of the vaccine were faulty, and perhaps the flu virus within wasn't deactivated properly.

Here's another report... and a death in a child under the age of 5 Queensland Australia this time...

Flu shot fatality - toddler dies 12 hours after having vaccination
April 25, 2010

* Twins given flu job; Ashley dies
* Authorities caution jab for under-5s
* Girl, 2, was fine 12 hours earlier

A family is in mourning after their toddler unexpectedly died less than 12 hours after receiving a seasonal flu vaccination. Two-year-old twin Ashley Jade Epapara had been 'perfectly fine' before dying at her Upper Mt Gravatt home, on Brisbane's southside, on April 9. Parents David and Nicole are shattered by the mysterious death of their baby girl. 'It's dreadful, it's a very hard time,' Mr Epapara said yesterday.

National health authorities have ordered doctors to stop giving seasonal influenza vaccinations to children under five after dozens of serious reactions, including convulsions.

Ashley's death is being investigated by police and the office of the coroner. A spokesman for Brisbane coroner John Lock confirmed yesterday that a report was being prepared. Mrs Epapara told The Sunday Mail that 'tests are being carried out' on her little girl. But the young mother didn't want to comment further as she began shaking and her eyes welled with tears. Ashley's twin sister, Jaime, also received the flu jab at the same time and is believed to have been vomiting the night before her sister died.

Asked whether he or his wife thought the influenza vaccine had anything to do with their child's death, Mr Epapara said: 'It's very coincidental.'

More than 45 children experienced convulsions and fever, with some having to be taken to hospital in intensive care after receiving the vaccine in Western Australia. Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young confirmed 15 children in Queensland had been recorded as having an adverse reaction to the vaccine.

Australia's chief medical officer Professor Jim Bishop said in a statement that the West Australian events were being 'urgently investigated by health experts and the Therapeutic Goods Administration'.

The World Health Organisation last year said a 'small number of deaths' had occurred in people vaccinated for influenza, with 65 million people vaccinated globally.

Flu shot fatality - toddler dies 12 hours after having vaccination | News.com.au

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