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Hundreds? 48,161,019 Americans were vaccinated, 1098 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) recorded nationwide by CDC surveillance, 532 of which were linked t

by ikitat 17y ago

Hundreds? 48,161,019 Americans were vaccinated, 1098 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) recorded nationwide by CDC surveillance, 532 of which were linked to the NIIP vaccination, resulting in death from severe pulmonary complications for 25 people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_influenza#1976_U.S._outbreak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_influenza#1976_U.S._outbr...

gregwebs 17y ago
You are quite right, thanks for the correction. However, note that the actual total will always be higher then that which the authorities have officially verified. I will also quote the very next sentence on that Wikipedia article: ... the vaccine killed more Americans than the disease did
- ikitat 17y ago
  Seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 _Americans_ annually. Confirmed deaths worldwide for the 2009 H1N1 flu: 5,382 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
  - gregwebs 17y ago
    That number for deaths (5,382) is for influenza in general, not H1N1. If you download the referenced source, it states that in 2009 there were less than 300 confirmed h1n1 cases admitted to intensive care worldwide.
    - ikitat 17y ago
      I'm sorry, but the heading on table 2 reads: Table 2. Reported number of new and cumulative confirmed fatal Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza cases in EU and EFTA countries, as 23 October 2009, 09:00 hours CEST, and in the rest of the world by country, as of 22 October 2009, 16:00 hours CEST. The total at the bottom of the table is: 5,382 Perhaps you are reading that the total in EU alone is 269?
      - gregwebs 17y ago
        Yeah, that was wrong. I was trying to get some real numbers from the report, and having trouble understanding it. I am still unsure of what the real number is. For example, the Brazil number they use is 1,368, but earlier it states that there were 645 deaths with confirmed pandemic influenza.
- eru 17y ago
  So the vaccine was effective in preventing the disease?

by ikitat 17y ago

gregwebs 17y ago

You are quite right, thanks for the correction. However, note that the actual total will always be higher then that which the authorities have officially verified. I will also quote the very next sentence on that Wikipedia article: ... the vaccine killed more Americans than the disease did

ikitat 17y ago
Seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 _Americans_ annually. Confirmed deaths worldwide for the 2009 H1N1 flu: 5,382 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
- gregwebs 17y ago
  That number for deaths (5,382) is for influenza in general, not H1N1. If you download the referenced source, it states that in 2009 there were less than 300 confirmed h1n1 cases admitted to intensive care worldwide.
  - ikitat 17y ago
    I'm sorry, but the heading on table 2 reads: Table 2. Reported number of new and cumulative confirmed fatal Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza cases in EU and EFTA countries, as 23 October 2009, 09:00 hours CEST, and in the rest of the world by country, as of 22 October 2009, 16:00 hours CEST. The total at the bottom of the table is: 5,382 Perhaps you are reading that the total in EU alone is 269?
    - gregwebs 17y ago
      Yeah, that was wrong. I was trying to get some real numbers from the report, and having trouble understanding it. I am still unsure of what the real number is. For example, the Brazil number they use is 1,368, but earlier it states that there were 645 deaths with confirmed pandemic influenza.
eru 17y ago
So the vaccine was effective in preventing the disease?