Spray Vaccine for Flu Wins FDA Clearance

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http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/5/spray_vaccine.htm

 

 

 

 

Spray Vaccine for Flu Wins FDA Clearance

 

 

 

A new flu vaccine that is administered as a nose spray rather than a traditional

needle vaccination was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

 

Doctors are hoping that the vaccine, called FluMist, will encourage people to

get immunized for the flu and potentially decrease the 114,000 hospitalizations

and 36,000 deaths that result from the flu each year.

 

FluMist, which is manufactured by MedImmune, could be used by healthy people

between the ages of 5 and 49 years. It is scheduled to be available for

consumers before November of this year.

 

FluMist is expected to cost $46 per dose, which is more than three times as much

as a flu shot, and it is estimated that the drug could eventually reach sales of

$1 billion a year.

 

Some say that the vaccine's introduction could be among the largest of the

biotechnology industry's new product launches. However, its impact will be

somewhat limited because FluMist is not approved for use in children under 5 and

adults over 49.

 

Both of these groups are at a high risk of flu-related health problems. The

vaccine is also not recommended for people with asthma or respiratory diseases.

 

The vaccine’s use has been limited because FluMist contains a live but diluted

virus that could pose a health risk to people with weakened immune systems. The

injected vaccine contains a dead virus.

 

The vaccine’s manufacturer plans to seek approval to sell FluMist to people

under 5 and over 49 years of age in the future.

 

It is estimated that only 13 percent of healthy people under 50--about 17

million Americans--got flu shots in 2002.

 

FluMist is intended for healthy children and adults, and Wyeth, MedImmune’s

partner, plans a three-year, $100 million campaign to encourage use of the nasal

flu vaccine among this group.

 

 

 

Washington Post June 18, 2003; Page A01

 

 

 

 

 

 

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

OK folks, it is finally here. Long-time readers may remember that three years

ago I warned this live flu spray vaccine was coming, and it has finally arrived.

 

 

 

You can be sure that you will hear more about this vaccine because it’s maker,

Wyeth, is committed to spending $100 million to advertise it. Does that sound a

bit extreme?

 

 

 

Not if you consider they anticipate earning $1 billion from selling this

nonsense solution to the flu. Now please understand that the flu is a dangerous

disease and kills tens of thousands every year. But the flu vaccine will in no

way, shape or form alter the course of this illness.

 

 

 

Avoiding flu shots is a no-brainer. Who would want ethylene glycol, phenol,

formaldehyde, aluminum and mercury injected into them? There are many expert

physicians who believe that repetitive flu vaccines are largely responsible for

the increase in Alzheimer’s disease.

 

So the flu spray is better? Well it might have fewer toxins in it, but it is a

live vaccine and may actually cause the flu in those with weakened immune

systems.

 

 

 

People are dying from the flu because they are already sick and have compromised

immune systems. The majority of the cause is surely related to eating too much

sugar and too many grains, getting inadequate rest and suffering from unresolved

emotional trauma.

 

 

 

I discuss the dangers of sugar and grains, as well as how to resolve emotional

traumas, in my new book, The No-Grain Diet. One way to deal with emotional

stress is with EFT, a psychological acupressure technique. I have found it to be

extremely effective with many patients who come to my clinic. For more

information you can review my free 25-page EFT manual.

 

If you are healthy you will likely never get the flu, but if you do there are

some simple strategies that you can follow that will be highly beneficial. One

is to try the inexpensive and non-toxic hydrogen peroxide treatment.

 

 

 

To find out more about the vaccine issue, including how to protect your

children, consider “The Danger of Vaccines, and How You Can Legally Avoid Them”

audiotape. In August 2002, I hosted a timely and important teleconference

featuring nationally renowned vaccine expert, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, to discuss

the real dangers of vaccines and how you can legally avoid them. This

professionally recorded 90-minute cassette presents that full conference, and

many listeners have called it the most comprehensive overview of the topic to

date.

 

 

 

It will help you:

 

 

 

Understand why vaccines are essentially loaded guns aimed at your own and

your child's body

Find out how you can disarm your school nurses by legally avoiding vaccines

Learn what approaches you can take to immunize your child against disease

safely--and for life

 

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