U.S. officials reported that the addition of another million doses H1N1 swine flu vaccine, brings the total so far to 23.2 million doses.  Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said that they know people are frustrated by the inability to immediately get vaccine right now and also by waiting in lines and by uncertainty.Production delays have resulted in far fewer doses of the H1N1 vaccine than federal officials had hoped for by this time. The first estimates called for 40 million doses by the end of October and 190 million doses by year’s end.

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50% of the people do not respond well for H1N1 vaccination, reason being the fear of unsafe vaccination. Almost all of them have same question, that if H1N1 vaccine is safe!

According to Health Canada, based on the results of thousands of clinical trials around the world, it is satisfied the vaccine is safe. And the adjuvant, a chemical product that boosts the immune response, has been tested on thousands with the H5N1 avian flu drug and proven effective, the regulator says.

The vaccine confers more than 90-per-cent immunity in healthy adults, more than the seasonal flu vaccine. Researchers cannot do studies in millions of people before licensing a vaccine, which would be too time-consuming during a pandemic. Post-licensing surveillance, in which people report their side effects, will be conducted in Canada. Read the rest of this entry →