Poland's government cautious about the flu vaccine...

burgundia · 11-05-2009, 03:00 PM

The Ministry of Health has announced that the government is not going to buy the flu vaccine aginst the A/H1N1 virus, unless they are sure about its safety.
The pandemic committee recommends to start vaccinations but only after gathering all information about its safety and possible side-effects. Ewa Kopacz the Minister of Health, has said that she has doubts regarding the purchase of the vaccine. They know about the agreements signed by various countries with the pharmaceutical companies, and there are moot points in the agreement between the Polish government and the pharmaceutical company.
The deputy minister of health has also said, that they are going to bring up to the European Parliament, the issue regarding the unwillingness of pharmaceutical companies to sell the vaccine in the open market and selling it directly to governments.
They also have raised the question why pharmaceutical companies do not want to take responsibility for potential side-effects,while saying that the vaccine is so wonderful.
The deputy Minister Fronczak said that in one of the countries 2 people died from the swine flu and four after having been vaccinated.
he said that the swine flu is milder than the seasonal flu. The information is based on the cases treated in Poland. The number of flu cases in Poland, so far, is much lower when compared with the previous years.

WOW!!!!!

11-05-2009, 03:00 PM	#1
burgundia Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 3,442	Poland's government cautious about the flu vaccine... The Ministry of Health has announced that the government is not going to buy the flu vaccine aginst the A/H1N1 virus, unless they are sure about its safety. The pandemic committee recommends to start vaccinations but only after gathering all information about its safety and possible side-effects. Ewa Kopacz the Minister of Health, has said that she has doubts regarding the purchase of the vaccine. They know about the agreements signed by various countries with the pharmaceutical companies, and there are moot points in the agreement between the Polish government and the pharmaceutical company. The deputy minister of health has also said, that they are going to bring up to the European Parliament, the issue regarding the unwillingness of pharmaceutical companies to sell the vaccine in the open market and selling it directly to governments. They also have raised the question why pharmaceutical companies do not want to take responsibility for potential side-effects,while saying that the vaccine is so wonderful. The deputy Minister Fronczak said that in one of the countries 2 people died from the swine flu and four after having been vaccinated. he said that the swine flu is milder than the seasonal flu. The information is based on the cases treated in Poland. The number of flu cases in Poland, so far, is much lower when compared with the previous years. WOW!!!!!