Six-month-olds should be vaccinated: Sweden
Published: 12 Nov 09 16:56 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23236/20091112/
Swedish health authorities have lowered the recommended age-limit for the swine flu vaccine from three years old to six months as the number of cases has doubled in the last week.
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"Kids under the age of four risk being hit worst by the infection."
Pandramrix, the vaccine used in Sweden, is medically approved for children from the age of six months.
But Swedish authorities have chosen not to recommend routine vaccinations to children under the age of three because information about side effects on small children is scarce.
The decision is based on various grounds, partly in relation to a recent Spanish study where 51 small children where vaccinated.
Other grounds for the recommendation include feedback within Sweden on the vaccine's side effects and the fact that 5,000 young children in high-risk groups have already been vaccinated.
The number of cases of swine flu in Sweden has doubled in the last week according to statistics from Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet.)
The biggest increase has been noting among children under the age of four.
The latest prognosis from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control suggest that around that one million Swedes will contract the A/H1N1 virus before the pandemic is over.
The agency states that countries should prepare for at least 20 percent of the population to become infected without widespread vaccination. But an early vaccination programme has halved that figure for Sweden.
”That figure sounds reasonable”, said Annika Linde from Smittskyddsinstitutet.
”But had it not been for the vaccination campaign the figure would have been a lot higher.”
Three million Sweden have already had the jab and it is estimated that around half the population will be vaccinated within a month.
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Lowering the age at which people are vaccinated will reduce any potential pool of infection.
@ "green Swede"
Vaccinate your child.
Your remarks with all the exclamation marks are as hysterical as the website you are referring to. Have you actually read what this woman is writing about governments and pharmaceuticals and their global conspiracy? You've got to be kidding me...
Ofcourse that's just my opinion, just as you are entitled to yours...
Thank you for proving you are a conspiracy theorist.
Childrens lives are potentially at stake.
If I had my way, everytime someone dies who is not vaccinated, I would have everyone of you conspiracy thoerists tried for murder.
Your irrational arguements are you alone. Stop trying to misinform people and potentially put lives at risk.
No chance in hell i'll take the vaccination, not for any particular reason, just dont like drugs that are not even half properly tested according to normal standards.
However old you are, please think and try to write with others feelings and difficulties in mind. This website is fast becoming just a place for kids to talk garbage and seems very unmoderated.
I agree and have seen many many stupid comments from people that are rascist, sexist, chauvinistic (and many more ists and istics.) I actually got so annoyed and reported it to the editor by email and was informed by the editor that comments were monitored and if deemed inapproariate were removed, that never happened. I do not believe that comments are monitored anyway by the Editors at the Local. I also have a right to have my opinion as well:->>
I have been reading the local for a few years now and the comment section is relatively new but I agree it is abused and there some wacky individuals who simply like to post nonsense.
My opinion is take the comment section away and return the Local to the way it was, as it was fine. Let people simply read the news. The reader can chose to believe the story or not and if that story merits further reseach then one can take on the research by ones self.
Have a nice weekend (ohh I am sure the conspiracy theoriests out there, will say, it is not possible to have a nice weekend as one is being watched all the time.)
Your deranged conspiracy theory nonsese is noted. Psychiatry is free in Swedeen, you can book an appointment through a local doctor.
If you don't like Swedish healthcare, leave Sweden.
You can sell your belongings at blocket.se
You can sell your home at hement.se
You can book a flight out of Sweden at flysas.com
Goodbye.
Does The Local really need to clumsily work Sweden into as many headlines as possible? If The Local is supposed to be "Sweden's News in English", shouldn't it be obvious which country they're talking about. The word "Sweden" is often used in headlines, instead of naming the actual authority responsible. That reinforces the superficial outsider perspective that permeates The Local's reporting.
Nice Try!
People should must not forget all the recent cases of mysterious teenage deaths that have occurred since the realise of the cervical cancer vaccine:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218030/Teenage-girl-left-brain-damaged-receiving-cervical-cancer-jab.html
I can relate and must add that not all people and or nations believe in universal vaccination, especially without any proven data to suggest what the potential adverse reactions might be. To those people out there who have never meet someone who has suffered from an adverse medical reaction, you should know that the long term effects can be far worse than a quick death. As no one i.e. government agencies and the public at large, even wants to hear the pleas of those who 'claim to have suffered an adverse reaction' it's all just to expensive to help the rehabilitation of these such people in question and hard earned Tax money would be needed to pay for the ongoing disabilities that ravage the lives of these poor souls.
Nevertheless people within communities from all around the world will still be sheep and follow the mainstream consensus choosing to vaccinate without question, it's only the quality of their children's lives that is at stake!
I'm against it at this stage - not so much the vaccine, but the adjuvants used in them or added to them on site. Extremely nasty stuff - in a very measurable amount.
Some funny things I've noticed in Sweden:
A) Doctors don't wear gloves religiously. Just the other night I saw another flu shot scene where they give the shot, hold the tissue over the puncture and the woman actually wiped the (drop or two) blood away with her bare hands. LOL Oh yeah!
B) 90% of the people I see do not cover their mouth when sneezing/coughing.
C) Off topic: Nobody I talk to knows ANYTHING about the Lisbon Treaty.
Yes I also noticed the baby's expression and thought to myself, that baby is not very happy with what is about to happen, or the camera, or the people in the room.
@uunbeliever,"need a hug" meaning? btw do you have kids?
I have noticed that The Local mentions a Spanish report, do not say which one or gives any reference ;)
For your information at November 17th 2009, the recommendation in Spain is to vaccinate children of 6 months and older ONLY when they suffer from some serious health conditions.
The spanish authorities do not recommend massive vaccination by the moment, although they bought vaccine for 3/4 of the population time ago ...
Hope you find complementary information useful.
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