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Apart from handling the pandemic in the worst way possible, my country (Sweden) also had the misfortune of being one of the few countries mass-vaccinating again

by Kiro 6y ago

Apart from handling the pandemic in the worst way possible, my country (Sweden) also had the misfortune of being one of the few countries mass-vaccinating against swine flu. This was completely unnecessary and resulted in hundreds of people getting narcolepsy. Even though this was an isolated case of a bad vaccine (Pandemrix) it affected the public opinion a lot, so I'm worried that people will be afraid to take the vaccine now.

pgalvin 6y ago
You might not know, but that’s been discredited since. The vaccine didn’t cause narcolepsy. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.... and https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcolepsy-flu.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcoleps...
- Kiro 6y ago
  Interesting. Didn't know at all. It seems like "common knowledge" here in Sweden. The CDC report isn't mentioned here by the way but should be (in case someone reading this is versed in Wikipedia editing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Adverse_outcomes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Adverse_outcomes This is great news anyway and definitely something I will tell people worried about the vaccine so thanks!
  - jnurmine 6y ago
    The CDC and the EMA both say that Pandemrix did not cause anything. But that information does not match with what happened in Sweden and Finland. In Finland and Sweden, a small number of young people with specific genes who got the Pandemrix vaccination developed narcolepsy in much higher amounts than expected. With a larger clinical trial and some more time, those tragedies could have been perhaps avoided altogether. https://www.nature.com/articles/gene20171 https://www.nature.com/articles/gene20171 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(19)30048-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-39...

by Kiro 6y ago

pgalvin 6y ago

You might not know, but that’s been discredited since. The vaccine didn’t cause narcolepsy. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.... and https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcolepsy-flu.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcoleps...

Kiro 6y ago
Interesting. Didn't know at all. It seems like "common knowledge" here in Sweden. The CDC report isn't mentioned here by the way but should be (in case someone reading this is versed in Wikipedia editing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Adverse_outcomes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Adverse_outcomes This is great news anyway and definitely something I will tell people worried about the vaccine so thanks!
- jnurmine 6y ago
  The CDC and the EMA both say that Pandemrix did not cause anything. But that information does not match with what happened in Sweden and Finland. In Finland and Sweden, a small number of young people with specific genes who got the Pandemrix vaccination developed narcolepsy in much higher amounts than expected. With a larger clinical trial and some more time, those tragedies could have been perhaps avoided altogether. https://www.nature.com/articles/gene20171 https://www.nature.com/articles/gene20171 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(19)30048-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-39...