Swine Flu vaccinations and their availability

With the swine flu vaccinations slowly making itself available in some countries, the availability or lack of availability should I see in some states in the US and countries in Europe has proved somewhat frustrating especially to those considered as vulnerable to the h1n1 virus. However, local authorities do show signs of getting their act together and slowly but surely the vaccination has made its way to many states and countries in the US and UK. However, for the rest of the world, it seems it's very dependent on the respective government and their health budget and how many supplies they've ordered. Of course, some countries have been largely unaffected by the pandemic and so only emergency vaccinations may be on hand. However, most governments have realized this far that its essential to give young mothers, children and the elderly the vaccinations first and for people with swine flu like symptoms to be administered to hospital as soon as possible. Some concerns are still ever present about the rushed nature of this vaccination and its release onto the global market, the Times reported in June that the Europeans Medicine Agency stated that: "The vaccines are authorised with a detailed risk management plan”.

How about where you are, is there ready access to the vaccines? Are these vaccinations free under your health care system, or do you have to pay for them?

Once swine flu is over

It seems as though peoples' worries about swine flu are slowly easing with the introduction in several countries of the vaccination, which is very similar to the seasonal vaccination flu, and us hearing about less and less cases of the h1n1 virus. But once, the spread of the disease has been fully controlled and there are no more cases does that mean we should go back to our old ways and let our guards down? Who's to say that the virus won't return in a deadlier form, bringing more deaths. The threat still remains that the virus might mutate and the pandemic will come back. So it's necessary for us to still maintain good hygienic practices and wash our hands on a regular basis. If anything the swine flu pandemic has provided many restaurants and public places better practices when it comes to providing their patrons with anti-bacteria gels and sanitizing gels, Thus, safe guarding us not only from swine flu, but also bacteria and germs that may be passed from our hands to our food.

US orders 250 million doses of swine flu vaccine

With many hospitals in the U.S. piling up on swine flu vaccinations, still many are concerned about the potential side-effects and if the vaccination is really necessary. The swine flu vaccination, actually doesn't differ too much from the current seasonal flu vaccination readily available, many doctors have stated it's just a slight variation of it and therefore it's just as tested as other vaccinations that have come onto the market. The pandemic has shown that people most at risk of contracting the virus are the elderly and children, however it's precisely these two groups that are hesitant to take the vaccine as they fear that there will be adverse side-effects from it and/or it will make them worse. But I think, as people slowly come round to the idea that this vaccination is ultimately safer than not having the vaccination hopefully it will have a viral effect and people will realize prevention is always better than cure.

Taiwan launches World's first Anti-Swine Flu Spray

So I stumbled across this interesting news item today, which states the a Taiwanese company has launched the world's first anti-swine flu spray capable of killing the virus. This was doubly interesting for me as I've just moved to Taiwan, so glad to see that they're at the cutting edge of health development and protection. The spray only costs $10 USD or (350 Taiwanese dollars) and can be used up to 700 times. A representative for the company, Heidi Wang said:

"We began selling the VirusBom spray today, but we have already been approached by companies from China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and the United States who want to import our product," she said Thursday."

Virus boom has been invented by a research team from the Taiwan National Uni, and state that it's an organic compound that is actually made through synthetic means which can act and kill both bacteria and viruses.

What's more is the versatility of VB, it can be made into a hand gel, spray or wash and be applied to face masks, air filters and surgical gowns.

MMS and Swine Flu

Jim Humble's Miracle Mineral Solution is being used to treat swine flu patients in the world. MMS is a controversial water purification agent invented by Philanthropist Jim Humble. It contains 28% sodium chlorite, and it's said that the powerful chemical agents within MMS are powerful enough to fight off harmful pathogens and viruses and has been used for the treatment of cancer, HIV/AIDS, herpes, hepatitus B and swine flu patients. Recently, a new protocol has been added to Jim Humble's own website for swine flu victims.

To find out more about MMS and get access to some free resources, go here:

http://mms-miracle-mineral-solutions.com/

Is the threat over? Have we beaten swine flu?

So it's fair to say the media who-har has flared down somewhat of late, and slowly we're hearing less about new cases of the h1n1 virus that is emerging. Sir Liam Donaldson proclaimed at the end of last week, that the UK is close to beating the pandemic. Seeing as he was the one that over inflated the figures as to the number of cases and deaths the UK would experience by August: 100,000 cases a week and a possible death toll of 65,000 - you can forgive the British public and others from being cynical about his recent announcement.

Although, the number of cases and death tolls may be dying down in the UK, it's certainly not dying down in other parts of the World and particularly the poorer ones who don't have the luxury of Britain's health infrastructure in place. There are many countries in South East Asia, Africa and South America that are still struggling to combat the pandemic. Until all these countries have accessibility to a vaccine that works against H1N1, how can it be possible safe to say that the worst is over? Let's just hope that countries still doing they're best to fight off the swine flu don't take Sir Liam's blaze e attitude, and complacency.

Thailand beginning early trials of Swine Flu vaccination this month

There have been 16 more fatalities in Thailand from Swine Flu recently. Bringing the total up to 81. The Public Health Ministry in Thailand shows an alarming figure of more than 3 million people who have been infected with swine flu. This number includes people who have had swine flu, but have no recovered and people who have reported swine flu like symptoms but have now recovered. GPO Director Dr Vithit Atthavejjakul said that animal trials of A(H1N1)vaccine are now being run in the Netherlands and will take six or seven days to complete. The vaccine testing to be done on humans, will be carried out within the next few weeks.

With these current trials, it seems that not enough time has been given for testing. And let's just hope the vaccine that's released here in Thailand and in other places in general hospitals won't have any harmful side-effects.