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David Stanley Ford

Oklahoma kids to get shot at swine flu vaccine

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Published: July 24, 2009



Some Oklahoma children will get a swine flu vaccine before it is available to the public. If clinical trials go well, the vaccine could be available in limited supplies by mid to late fall, experts said.

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Eight soldiers at the Mc-Alester Army Ammunition Plant have tested positive for swine flu in what health officials say is the largest single outbreak of the virus in the state. The plant’s medical director, Dr. Norman McAlester, said Wednesday most of the soldiers have recovered. He said all the soldiers who were ill wore face masks and were isolated from others who were taking part in a national training exercise at the plant.

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But some officials fear the already fast-tracked studies may not be swift enough to curb the disease’s quick spread.

IPS Research in Oklahoma City is the first Oklahoma company to conduct the vaccination trials and will begin enrolling study patients Aug. 17, said IPS Research medical director Dr. Louise Thurman.

The trials will test the vaccine’s effectiveness and whether or not it has negative side effects in patients.

She anticipates about 200 children ages 3 to 8 will be able to enroll.

Patients accepted for the study will be administered a vaccine or placebo and are monitored through office visits and by phone. The study lasts 42 days and follow-up calls continue after that period.

Nationwide, 12,000 children will be given the vaccine for the trial, she said. The company should know today whether it will conduct adult trials, too.

"From a science standpoint, it should work,” Thurman said.

A race for a vaccine
"There is likelihood that we could have widespread disease in Oklahoma before we have a vaccine,” said Don Blose, chief of immunization services for the state Health Department.

He said the H1N1 strain spreads more quickly than other influenzas and more than half of the reported cases have been in children. Also, some antiviral drugs don’t work against the swine flu, he said.

This is why the studies are being allowed to progress more quickly than usual by the federal government.

According to Blose, the vaccine could be released in October or November. Those doses likely will go to at-risk and priority patients. He said federal health officials are working out those details and should have more information available in the coming weeks.

Blose said mass availability could come weeks or months later and as late as the first of the year if there are any delays.

Peak flu season is usually late fall, winter and early spring.

The vaccine probably will be administered in a two-dose series and will not supplant a seasonal flu vaccine, Blose said.

Likewise, a seasonal flu vaccine will not cover swine flu.

If the vaccines are not effective or if any problems are encountered in the production process, Blose said health officials will have to rely on backup plans: Washing hands, covering up coughs, avoiding crowds and ill persons staying at home.

But the best way, Blose said, is the vaccine.

The H1N1 virus has sickened about 200 people in Oklahoma and more than 40,000 nationwide.

It has resulted in 263 deaths, according to recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

The World Health Organization in June designated H1N1 as a level six pandemic, meaning the infection is widespread in the population.

According to the CDC, children and most adults don’t have any existing resistance to the disease and this has allowed it to spread more quickly.

However, some people older than 60 appear to have some antibodies, or immune resistance, to the strain.

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Please do not get your children vaccinated. I hate children, and I would love nothing more than to see them die. The best way to insure this is to stop giving them vaccines. With any luck, we can get herd immunity (that damn thing that can protect unvaccinated kids) down enough that we can see a return of polio, whooping cough and the measles. Don't listen to the hype that there is absolutely no empirical evidence to support the idea that vaccines cause autism. I mean, just because they removed the supposed cause (Thiomersal) from the vaccines, and autism numbers continued to go up, that doesn't prove anything. Don't trust science, trust anecdotes and second hand stories. Trust Jenny McCarthy. She's my hero. With her anti-vaccination campaign he has contributed to the death off nearly 200 people(www.jennymccarthybodycount.com); now that is results! So please, DO NOT VACCINATE YOUR KIDS! With any luck, they too can die a horrible painful death from a preventable illness, just like little Dana McCaffery. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/10/2512532.htm)
Joel - Aug 2, 2009 at 10:14 am
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Isn't THIS great? No people, it really isn't. Not only are we shooting our children up with mercury, but now we are adding squalene, which has been linked with cases of Gulf War Syndrome and a many other degenerative diseases.

Wisen up folks...this vaccine will most likely damage and kill more people in OK that the virus ever would...

Blessings,
Nanaiya
nanaiya - Jul 29, 2009 at 6:07 am
To the families who are offering their children up as guinea pigs for a 40 pieces of silver.....

Once your child takes part in a clinical trial of any kind, in Oklahoma, health insurance companies (Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, etc.) have and will refuse to cover your child, blaming any illness is a result of the unproven clinical trial your child participated in.

We had an opportunity to fix these kinds of slimy tactics used by insurance companies in Oklahoma, but our Republican leadership voted Stephanie's Law down last session.

If your child does experience an adverse reaction to the unproven flu vaccine, you will have no recourse in paying for the mounting medical bills. You will have signed your rights away from being able to recoup some of the 100's of 1000's of dollars that you will need throughout the lifetime of your child.

The H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine contains Thimerosal which is comprised of 49.9% ethyl-mercury. Keep that in mind. The FDA issued today a regulation on the dental amalgams (the ones that contain mercury) and stated there is neurologic risk to children and pregnant mothers if they use the mercury based fillings.

Mercury is a known neuro-toxin. It is 1000 times more toxic than arsenic.

I hope you think about these things when you sell your children's health for your 40 pieces of silver.
---, Oklahoma City - Jul 28, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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After our youngest daughter started displaying autistic symptoms half-way through her regular shot schedule, which we did not complete, our minds were made up. No will be giving any of us any more shots and we will be homeschooling this year!!
Julia, Cherokee County - Jul 26, 2009 at 6:55 pm
No thanks. I'll stick with cinnamon.
Robert, Oklahoma City - Jul 25, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I would pass on the Tamiflu. Have to take it at the onset of symptoms and side effects can be pretty brutal. Shortens the flu by what...a whopping 24 hours or so according to the official data....
Matt1, OKC - Jul 25, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Scary stuff here. Giving an unsafe, untested vaccine to children with families having no ability to sue if there is a raction. The vaccine has meercury and also uses squalene as an adjuvant.
maurine, No augusta - Jul 25, 2009 at 6:19 am
Jean, you can't sue, they will have you sign a form that gives consent and you won't even know you're doing it when you go get the shot. If you want to fight the flu, get Vitamin D3, stock up on tamiflu (Get it at Walgreen's) or sambucol, and get some colliodal silver. This will help you fight off the flu when you get it. If you're in great shape then you won't have to worry, it'll be just like the regular flu. If you are sick, elderly, and especially overweight (BMI of 40 or more) then it is going to be fatal. I suggest you start getting fit.
Cletus, Mayberry - Jul 24, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Sebelius,head of Health and Human service is watching out for corporate America.If they kill you or some one you love w this hastily concocted vaccine,they decided you may not sue..Whose special interests are the always watching out for??think Big MONEY...
Jean, Fort Gibson - Jul 24, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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School starts Aug 13 we may soon know how deadly the swine flu is. I have never had a flu shot and surely I would not want a child in my family to have an experimental shot.
DELORES, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA - Jul 24, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I guarantee that my kids and other families I know, will homeschool before ever allowing their kids to receive this vaccine. That is if they try to make this mandatory.
Matt1, OKC - Jul 24, 2009 at 3:11 pm
DO NOT GET THE SHOT - DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE YOU KNOW TO GET THE SHOT! Swine flu vaccines have nothing to do with public health and everything to do with generating billions of dollars in profits for Big Pharma. For the drug companies to rake in all this money manufacturing vaccines, they obviously have to give the shots to somebody -- just to create the illusion that something productive might be going on in order to justify the government expenditures. It's a lot like war budgets: You gotta drop bombs on somebody in order to justify making new ones.
Shelby - Jul 24, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Thank God I'm not the only Oklahoman who thinks this is nuts!!! I also agree that any mother subjecting her child to this is committing child abuse. I am so thankful for the exemptions we have here because I am truly concerned this will be put on the current vaccine schedule for our children.
Elizabeth, Oklahoma City - Jul 24, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Children used as guinea pigs. My oh my as they are the perfect target. This flu also is also very contagious to those in young adulthood. Why not ask for older volunteers for this study?
Sallie, Del City - Jul 24, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Allowing your children to receive an untested vaccine that "should work" is nothing less than abuse. Testing on a consenting adult is one thing, but children! If you are a parent that is considering this, please don't.
Jason, Gainesville - Jul 24, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Are there mothers out there that are considering this?
Amber, norman - Jul 24, 2009 at 12:19 pm
James is a complete moron. He doesn't remember the swine flu shots from the 70's and the horrible effects it had on people, so much so that they had to pull them from the market. He's perfectly willing to let his kids be guinea pigs for this vaccine, he should have his kids taken away from him for allowing it. If you care about your kids you won't let them get this shot.
Cletus, Mayberry - Jul 24, 2009 at 11:35 am
"james"

Well, my name isn't Cletus - although there isn't anything wrong with that name - and I think that I qualify as far as "book learnin'" goes, with a MS in engineering. I also happen to be one of those "lucky" Gulf War vets whom was given untested shots with unknown contents and made to take PB tablets under orders from the Commander-in-Chief. So, I would submit to you that it would behoove you and your family/children to look into the history of vaccines - especially the flu vaccines - who developes and mass produces them, what is actually in them, and what has happened to those who have been given them (knowingly and unknowingly). Try to prove that they are safe, and if you come to that conclusion when you're done, fine, but perhaps you will learn some things that will help you make a better, informed decision for yourself and your family about whether or not it's a good idea to take these vaccines. Here are some quick links:
Swine Flu Vaccine Should Not Be Given To Children In Schools
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/07/swine-flu-vaccine-should-not-be-given-to-children-in-schools.html
Readying Americans for Dangerous, Mandatory Vaccinations
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13925
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html
Now Legal Immunity for Swine flu Vaccine Makers
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14453

osuredleg, Allen - Jul 24, 2009 at 11:27 am
I am absolutely shocked that Oklahoma children will be jabbed with soemthing containing squalene and who knows what all - same stuff in the vaccines given to those soldiers in the Gulf War. Yikes!
Andrew, Lawton - Jul 24, 2009 at 10:43 am
From a science standpoint, it should work,” Thurman said

Now that is confidence. What could go wrong? Be the first one on your block to subject your child to medical experiments. Your childs' sacrifice will help others to live. Do it for science, do it for your country....
willis, oklahoma city - Jul 24, 2009 at 9:47 am
DO NOT GET THIS VACCINE.
Cletus, Mayberry - Jul 24, 2009 at 2:05 am

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