Sunday, October 24, 2010

It Is True, Swine Flu Vaccine to be Included with Seasonal Flu Shot, Patient Outrage

from  Daily Mail UK
by Jo Macfarlane

Patients' groups have expressed anger over this year's seasonal flu jab programme because people are unable to opt out of having the swine flu vaccine.

The H1N1 vaccine will be the dominant of three flu strains included in the shot, meaning  millions of elderly and vulnerable patients will get it automatically. 

Yet many people refused to have the swine flu vaccine when it was offered last year because of fears it  may cause serious side effects.

The Mail on Sunday revealed last week that Government experts are examining a possible association between the H1N1 swine flu jab and the paralysing nerve disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome. 

The vaccine has also been linked to fevers in young children, temporary paralysis and narcolepsy.








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