Many who took the vaccine against swine flu experienced strong adverse reactions. The adjuvant, whose purpose is to enhance the efficiency of the vaccine, creates a strong immune response. Common short term side effects include muscle pain, swelling or tenderness at injection site. A small price to pay?
Well, more serious side effects have also occurred, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is a neurological disorder.
When you read about side effects, you must also keep in mind that they only mention short term side effects. There is no saying how vaccines, and adjuvanted vaccines in particular, affect long term health. What's to say that there is no connection between autoimmune disease and vaccines?
The adjuvant used in GSK vaccines is squalene, which is an oil that is present naturally in the human body. So if it is naturally present in the human body, it must be safe, right?
Well, just think about it. The point of a vaccine is to stimulate the immune system so that the body creates antibodies ready to attack the virus in case of infection. If squalene is added to the vaccine, is there perhaps a risk that the body sees squalene too as a threat?
A wild idea? Well, this article from The Gazette brings up the fact that Switzerland's medical regulator has warned patients with serious autoimmune diseases not to use swine flu vaccine from Novartis as there has been no study in the effect it may have on these people.
Well, more serious side effects have also occurred, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is a neurological disorder.
When you read about side effects, you must also keep in mind that they only mention short term side effects. There is no saying how vaccines, and adjuvanted vaccines in particular, affect long term health. What's to say that there is no connection between autoimmune disease and vaccines?
Autoimmune disease arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body actually attacks its own cells.The immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks it. (Wikipedia)
The adjuvant used in GSK vaccines is squalene, which is an oil that is present naturally in the human body. So if it is naturally present in the human body, it must be safe, right?
Well, just think about it. The point of a vaccine is to stimulate the immune system so that the body creates antibodies ready to attack the virus in case of infection. If squalene is added to the vaccine, is there perhaps a risk that the body sees squalene too as a threat?
A wild idea? Well, this article from The Gazette brings up the fact that Switzerland's medical regulator has warned patients with serious autoimmune diseases not to use swine flu vaccine from Novartis as there has been no study in the effect it may have on these people.
Swissmedic said on Wednesday it could not be ruled out that either or both of the adjuvant -- which can enhance the immune response -- and the antigen, or less active ingredient, could lead to an intensifying of autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, are caused by an overly active immune system attacking its own body, targeting substances which are normally present.
So ask yourself, if the vaccine can worsen the disease among those who already have autoimmune disease, is it not also a possibility that it could trigger it among those who are genetically predispositioned to develop it?
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