Wiltshire's public health director makes swine flu jab plea
1:00pm Wednesday 10th February 2010 in
Wiltshire's director of public health, Maggie Rae, is urging people who haven't been for a vaccination against swine flu to take up the offer.
Her message comes as the National Pandemic Flu Service, a telephone service, will stand down tomorrow, seven months after it was launched at the height of the first wave of the pandemic.
From now on people who suspect they have swine flu should stay at home and contact their GP who will be able to authorise antivirals as appropriate.
Mrs Rae said: “The vaccine is our best line of defence against swine flu and we urge anyone who is invited for a vaccination, either for themselves or for their child, to take up the offer of immunisation.
“Although the rates of swine flu are decreasing people are still susceptible and some patients have become very poorly with complications. Immunisation is especially important because swine flu is expected to be the predominant flu virus during the 2010 flu season, so those people who have been offered the vaccination but haven’t yet had it have still got time and should talk their GP.”
Comments(7)
Yokel Local
says...
3:21pm Wed 10 Feb 10
Swine flu did not spread like they thought it was going too so they have 1000's of Jabs that need using up.. I for 1 wont be having it.
onthesofa
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6:27pm Wed 10 Feb 10
Nick Taken
says...
8:16pm Wed 10 Feb 10
We are too long in the tooth to accept this medieval fear control.
Ever heard of crying wolf?
Once the population is deaf to the tactics to control another one is born.
Theres one born every week.
As for the people who believe it all, they are sadly born every minute.
foxed
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11:06pm Wed 10 Feb 10
No Maggie Rae, I won't be sending my 4 year old for an untested jab!
Swine Flu jab tested on young children? - don't think anyone was stupid enough to volunteer their kids as lab rats!!
lezruw-nikarnoom
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3:02am Thu 11 Feb 10
Less deaths than a normal year, no epidemiological evidence that the so called vaccine is effective /at all/ as I understand it.
Billions wasted - as other folk have commented into the pockets of Big Pharma... notable beneficiaries include such luminaries as Donald Rumsfeld ($5 million trousered)
Meanwhile, Wiltshire Council health services can't even be bothered to reply to emails....
Woeful, really truly woeful.
moonrakin wurzel
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1:03am Sat 13 Feb 10
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2:49pm Wed 10 Feb 10