In wake of study concerns, Ontario delays seasonal flu shots for all but +65

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http://ca.news./s/capress/090924/national/flu_vaccine_ontarioTORONTO - Faced with puzzling but unconfirmed evidence that suggests a seasonal flu shot may raise the risk of catching swine flu, Ontario announced Thursday it is rescheduling its seasonal flu vaccine program to delay most of it until after pandemic vaccine has been administered. . . .Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the findings appear to suggest that people who got a seasonal flu shot last year are about twice as likely to catch swine flu as people who didn't. The findings haven't yet been published and few people have actually seen them. But they have been looming like a spectre over decisions about vaccine delivery timing in Canada and are a source of consternation internationally. . . .The head of the World Health Organization's vaccine research initiative, Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, said Thursday that researchers in the U.S., Britain and Australia have looked for the same effect and have not observed it. People who have seen the unpublished scientific paper say the elevated risk - if it exists - is only that people who've had flu shots catch swine flu. It does not suggest they get more severe disease. «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ - PULSE ON 21st CENTURY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE! §Subscribe send email to: - «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»