Australia BANS All Seasonal Flu Vaccines for Kids, After Multiple Side Affects Showing up in Children !

Multiple side affects are showing up in children who have gotten the seasonal Flu vaccine in Australia - they have now banned giving any more vaccinations of it to kids. 

23 children in Western Australia, began convulsing immediately after getting the vaccine, one child is still in Coma in the hospital.

It has since been found out, that the problem had been reported 2 weeks before, but never looked into - so the numbers can be much greater than reported.  They are finding at least 60 children had adverse affects reported previously.

Then another 40 children had adverse affects it was found in other areas of Australia.

Now this is where it gets Good:

The Chief Medical Officer of Australia has this to say......

Commonwealth chief medical officer Jim Bishop issued a national warning to GPs not to use the vaccine followed a decision last night by the WA government to suspend the free vaccination program for children under five over concerns it was causing high fevers and convulsions.

"We suggest doctors and health professionals vaccinating children don't use the seasonal flu vaccine for the moment, until we can get the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to investigate this in more detail," Professor Bishop told ABC TV.

He said the concerns stemmed from a significant rise in the number of children developing a fever after receiving the vaccine.

"We need more information about what’s happened in WA, but also what we can now find out from all the other states from their experience," Professor Bishop said.

"If this has been brought up as a possible side-effect of this drug, then we ought to at least suspend its use until we know more."

In light of the seasonal flu shot suspension, Professor Bishop suggested children get vaccinated against swine flu instead, because that could be a health risk this winter too.

He said there did not appear to be any side effects from the swine flu vaccine Panvax.

"It is safe to have the swine flu vaccine," Professor Bishop said.

"The TGA's assessment of clinical trials and the advice of its expert committees is that Panvax is a safe, effective vaccine for prevention of the H1N1 influenza.

"It is expected that the dominant flu this winter season will be swine flu and the specific Panvax vaccine is available free for all Australians."

I guess, he has never looked into all the side affects from the Swine flu vaccine, it must just be a simple mistake on his part. 

Now is this the Same vaccine, the authorities in the U.S. plan on giving our children this year?

Children crowd Winnipeg emergency rooms - severe respiratory ailments - 12/02/09 10:50am

Children crowd Winnipeg emergency rooms - severe respiratory ailments

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Eight children in Winnipeg are currently on ventilators for severe respiratory ailments as the number of kids admitted into emergency rooms climbs.

According to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, the number of children at ERs in the city has increased by 60 to 70 admissions over the typical amount for this time of year.

More than half of those being admitted have respiratory symptoms but WRHA spokeswoman Heidi Graham stressed those cases are not all related to the H1N1 influenza A virus that causes swine flu.

In fact, just two of the eight children on the ventilators are being tested for the virus, Graham said.

Still, the crowded ERs have led to a shortage of bed spaces. To ease that burden, the WRHA is giving seniors who are in hospital a priority status for any beds that become available in nursing homes.

They will be placed into those beds first over patients waiting at home for the same beds, said Graham.

"If they can stay in the community with those supports a little longer, admitting someone from a hospital frees up that hospital bed so that we can move someone from the ER more quickly into a hospital bed and ease the demands on the ER department," she said.

It's not unusual for the WRHA to take that step during outbreaks of seasonal influenza, Graham said, adding that a similar measure was implemented during the first wave of H1N1 infection in the spring.
Vaccination clinics reopen Thursday

Meanwhile, the WRHA's 12 H1N1 vaccination clinics are slated to reopen on Thursday for people who fall into any of the high-risk categories:

* Children between the ages of six months and five years.
* People of aboriginal background.
* Disadvantaged people, such as the homeless.
* People from remote or isolated areas.
* People under 65 with a chronic medical condition or other risk factor.
* Anyone with a weakened immune system, and their caregiver.
* Anyone who cares for an infant under six months.
* Single parents or anyone solely responsible for a dependent.
* Health-care workers and first-responders.
* Pregnant women.

The WRHA said late Friday that it has run out of the vaccine and had to cancel the clinic originally scheduled for the start of this week.

So far, more than 101,281 people have been vaccinated at Winnipeg's clinics, Graham said.

So, if only 2 are from the H1N1 - What is Causing the Other? This article was from the 10th of Nov.

Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon's Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program 11/20/09 6:45am

Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon's Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program

OUTRAGEOUS!

The parents have no say in this? Mandatory Swine Flu vaccination for kids!?
We don't live in a Dictatorship type country, do we? How can the U.S. Military FORCE Children to get vaccinated against Parents wishes?!

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About 25,000 children in on-base Air Force daycare centers will be forced to receive the H1N1 vaccine or face being barred from school, Truthout has learned following reports from concerned parents.

When a number of Air Force parents opened the November Child Development Center newsletter, they were outraged to learn that their children must receive the H1N1 vaccine. The newsletter article indicates that the Air Force is considering the H1N1 vaccine as part of the required seasonal flu vaccination.

The notification states:

Recently we received guidance from AF regarding the H1N1 vaccination. AF is considering the H1N1 vaccine as part of the required flu immunization. So, all children participating in AF programs must have the H1N1 vaccination as it becomes available. We are currently working w/ Public Health & the Immunization Clinic to provide on-site opportunities for your children to receive the H1N1 vaccine. There must be a minimum of 18 days between the seasonal mist and the H1N1 mist, so the Child Development Program cannot offer the H1N1 vaccine until mid to late November, since we just completed the seasonal flu vaccination. We will continue to provide you w/ updates as the H1N1 becomes available. Children MUST get this vaccine OR have a medical exemption on file. Please see a member of management if you have any questions or speak w/ your child's pediatrician! We are also coordinating to have members of Public Health available to answer your questions - stay tuned for more details.

A parent at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL, speaking on condition of anonymity out of concern for reprisal against herself and her husband, was disturbed by the complete lack of confidence and answers from the center's administrators.

"What I got was a lot of 'shoulds.' It 'should' be fine. There 'should' be no problems with the vaccine."

"If they're not sure," she said, "why should I be?"

This action follows an already controversial decision from the Pentagon announced in September to make the H1N1 vaccine mandatory in all branches of the military's program. That requirement has been put on hold because the Department of Defense's supplier, Novartis, has not been able to deliver the vaccine.

Last month, New York Governor David Paterson suspended mandatory vaccinations of a half million New York healthcare workers, citing a vaccine shortage. However, others point to lawsuits, protests and a restraining order as pulling equal weight in bringing the program to a halt.

Dr. Meryl Nass, a vaccine expert at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, who is critical of the development of the H1N1 vaccine and its surrounding policies, said that although "soldiers are subject to mandatory vaccinations, mandatory medical examinations and potentially even mandatory medical procedures - their families did not sign up for this!"

Additionally, Nass notes, "Children need to be especially protected by society, as they are not competent to make vaccination decisions for themselves. This is why there are special requirements to be met before you can perform research on children. You can't bribe parents to offer their kids as experimental subjects, for example."

But for many Air Force parents, household income levels prevent them from finding a true alternative.

In testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee in June, Eliza Nesmith, Chief of the Airman and Family Services Division of the Air Force, stated that "over 50 percent of Air Force spouses currently work outside the home, and 77 percent wish to work outside the home. Typically, military spouses earn less than their civilian counterparts, even though 7 of 10 have some college education."

Nesmith's testimony highlights the degree to which military parents rely on the on-base child care available to them. Child care in the military is heavily subsidized on a sliding scale according to household income. Thus, parents who rely on the subsidized child care are forced to choose between transferring their children to child care they cannot afford or, at least from their standpoint, putting their children's health at risk.

A spokesperson for the Air Force defended the Air Force's action, citing the Air Force Joint Instruction 48-110: "As a condition of employment or attendance at these facilities, schoolteachers, childcare center workers, volunteers, and children attending DODñsponsored primary and secondary schools, childcare centers, or similar facilities are administered appropriate vaccines against communicable diseases unless already immune (based on documented receipt of vaccine series or physicianñdiagnosed illness) or medically/administratively exempt."

Additionally, the Air Force spokesperson said, "For immunization requirements, the Air Force follows the CDC recommendations, which are endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)."

However, while the CDC does recommend the H1N1 vaccine, a CDC spokesperson contradicted the Air Force's rationale for the mandatory vaccine stating, "We have no recommendations for mandatory vaccinations." The FDA, while not a recommendation-issuing body, supports the CDC's voluntary policy.

A spokesman for the Marine Corps said that while they are happy to make the vaccine available to Marine families, they will not be implementing a mandatory program because their jurisdiction to do so "ends with servicemen and women."

The Army is in the midst of developing an H1N1 guidance memo for its child and youth services facilities. Until it is published, the current policy dictates that parents are asked not to bring sick children to the facilities, and if child care center employees determine a child is sick, parents will be called and asked to pick the child up. However, an Army spokesperson said, "Nothing in our forthcoming guidance will require vaccinations."

For Nass, justifying a decision boils down to one simple fact: "Children are not soldiers."