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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

First 2 million swine flu vaccine shipped

The world is going nuts over the H1N1, or better known as "Swine Flu". The first 2 million H1N1 vaccine has been shipped throughout different provinces and territories so that health officials can be given shots. The release of these shots are sent so late because they feared that it would actually spread the disease instead of cure it. This article explains how pregnant woman are more likely to get a more serious case of the H1N1 flu. They are trying to find a specialized vaccine for pregnant woman. After the shipping doctors will be mainly giving the first batch to pregnant woman and very young children it is more serious if they get it. So far British Columbia has been hit the hardest with the second wave of Swine Flu with 8 deaths. Canada is criticized for not getting the vaccine out quick enough as it is already available in the states and in countries in Europe. We are trying to get the Vaccine out to as many people as possible but, after having the vaccine your body needs up to two weeks to create the proper anti bodies. H1N1 is a huge fear that the world is all stressing about. It is more serious for pregnant and young children and I hope that more vaccine is shipped as it is said that there will soon be 3 million vaccine shipped at a weekly pace.

Personally I think Canada has sent the Swine Flu vaccine to late. The vaccine started coming out while there were already serious outbreaks. I think the medication should have been prepared and organized so that when the second wave of the Swine flu came around we would have had the vaccine and in our bodies there would be the correct anti bodies for the virus. Since there wasn't the supply we needed there is a urgency for this vaccine.

1 comment:

Ben Collis said...

I cant say that i agree i think its too soon. People spend years developing vaccine and then they release this with only 3 months investigation. Besides if you are healthy and you do not have a preexisting condition your chances of dieing are next to nothing.