UK plans to vaccinate up to 9 million kids a year to save 9?

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

UK Going to Vaccinate 1 Million Kids a Year for Flu to Save 1 / Medical

News Today

From

MedicalNewsToday comes the following misleading information on the

dramatic benefits of flu vaccine for kids:

The UK is set to become the first country in the world to provide all

children free of charge with a comprehensive

flu

vaccination program...

Once the program is up and running, it will cost the government over

£100 million annually, and it will provide cover against flu to up to

nine million children. Children will be vaccinated during a six to eight

week period due to the nature of the flu season.

A moderate uptake in vaccinations would result in a reduction of

around 40% in those affected, which would translate to at least 11,000

fewer hospitalizations in addition to saving around 2,000 lives...

The program will use a nasal spray vaccine with an excellent safety

profile that has been available in the U.S. for approximately 10 years.

Even though last year flu levels were low and healthy children are least

likely to suffer complications if they acquire the flu, the fact that

children have close contact with each other means that they represent a

high risk in transmitting the virus on to other, more vulnerable people,

such as babies and the elderly.

But where is the UK going to find the 2,000 people being

saved? According to the

UK

National Health Service in 2004, only 22 deaths in UK children per

year are due to flu.

If the vaccine saves 40% of them, as claimed, it would save 9 children's

lives per year.

At 9 children saved per year, it would take 200 years of vaccinating

every kid to save 2,000.

But perhaps vaccinating the children is supposed to be saving the

elderly, instead. More child vaccinations may translate to fewer

deaths in elders, so it has been postulated.

According to a

2010 NY

Times article, only two studies (one from 1968) provide evidence that

vaccinating children prevents flu in adults. I previously blogged

about a study that showed no adult protection from vaccinating

children.

The question of whether and how much child vaccinations help adults

remains unanswered. The question of whether it is ethical to

vaccinate children to protect an entirely different demographic group has

not even been discussed. Have parents been told this is the driver

for vaccinations?

SO:

Is the UK going to vaccinate 9 million children per year for over 100

million pounds annually to save 9 children, not 2,000?

And how many side effects and deaths might result from the flu vaccines,

which are not fully tested in advance of use, to balance against the

one-in-a-million children saved?

Or is the UK is going to vaccinate 9 million children per year for flu

based on two small studies performed 40 years apart, claiming an adult

benefit?

Or is the UK going to vaccinate 9 million children for 100 million pounds

per year in order to transfer money from the public coffers to the

pharmaceutical friends of politicians?

You make the call.

Meryl Nass, M.D.

Mount Desert Island Hospital

Bar Harbor, Maine 04609

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Homeopath

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