In an effort to monitor the US immunization campaign for the H1N1 virus, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee will meet today to review the vaccines safety.
The NVAC will collect data gathered by the government concerning any problems that might arise with people getting the immunization. About 10,352 people have received the injected vaccine and 501 have gotten the FluMist nasal spray.
According to summary notes collected by the NVAC due to the limited size of the database they won’t be able to predict rare adverse effects to the vaccine, and available safety data is limited as studies are still ongoing.
A second summary of data collected by the National Institutes of Health that studied results of the vaccine on pregnant and non-pregnant adults, also discovered some adverse effects, but it wasn’t clear if they can be attributed directly to the vaccine.
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I think this summary could use a few more commas to break up some thoughts. Lucina, you chose a timely topic, because there's been negative feedback about the mercury in flu shots. Also, last week, some Normandale students told me about a woman who's now paralyzed after she got the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. The statistics you included gave the summary credibility. After all the hoopla, I was surprised that only about 10,352 + 501 people have gotten the H1N1 vaccine. I expected that figure to be much higher. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThis whole swine flu thing is getting crazy. Something needs to end or someone needs to figure this out
ReplyDeleteMy brother just got over the swine flu, even though that's not what it's called any more. :) The doctor turned to me and said that I could count on getting it Sunday, lol, and kept talking about the inevitablility that I was going to get it as well. Though, here we are on Monday night and I still don't have it. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Good choice and good summary on your part.
ReplyDeleteGrade: 9/10
ReplyDelete• Should spell out United States the first time you use it in a story, and then use periods: U.S.
• Don't need comma after adults
*Please remember to include where you got the information in your news summaries, Lucina. I'm particularly curious to read this entire article. Please let me know where you found it. Thanks!