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Just over a week ago, I had to visit my doctor. As I sat waiting I couldn't help but notice the steady flow of people coming in for their swine flu jab. As soon as one had checked in, another one entered the surgery.
They were ticked off the list, given a leaflet and told to sit in the queue down the hall. After the jab they were to sit for ten minutes to make sure they were ok before they left.
A woman and her daughter came and sat next to me and I asked her if I could take a look at the leaflet.
NOWHERE on that leaflet did it mention any side effects. The woman said her daughter had to return for a second jab.
I was supposed to have that jab, but I declined. My doctor mentioned it and I said I would rather take my chances. Upon asking him if he was having it, his reply was 'no', but he didn't elaborate.
It tells you something if your own doctor won't take it, doesn't it?
My mother had her jab last week. I asked her to think carefully about it and presented her with a few facts. The next day I received a phone call from my father telling me not to mention it again as I had scared her. He said they 'didn't want to know'.
That, I said, is your problem. You don't want to know about anything, you never question anything.
I noticed in today's paper that over in Northern ireland, children are no longer receiving a double dose.
Children aged between six months and 10 years who do not suffer from underlying health problems will now be given one vaccine dose instead of two.
It is understood there has been a higher rate of fever in young children following a second injection.
The Department of Health sent a letter to GPs outlining the change almost two weeks ago.
However younger patients who have a weaker immune system and are susceptible to viral infections will continue to be given two doses of the vaccine.
Previously, a warning that the swine flu vaccine has been linked to a deadly nerve disease was sent by the UK Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.
The letter from the Health Protection Agency, the official body that oversees public health, was leaked, leading to demands to know why the information has not been given to the public before the vaccination of millions of people, including children, begins.
It tells the neurologists that they must be alert for an increase in a brain disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which could be triggered by the vaccine. GBS attacks the lining of the nerves, causing paralysis and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.
The letter refers to the use of a similar swine flu vaccine in the United States in 1976 when:
- More people died from the vaccination than from swine flu
- The vaccine may have increased the risk of contracting GBS by eight times
- The vaccine was withdrawn after just ten weeks when the link with GBS became clear
- The U.S. Government was forced to pay out millions of dollars to those affected
Concerns have already been raised that the new vaccine has not been sufficiently tested and that the effects, especially on children, are unknown.
This is what Dr Mercola has to say:
