Will Safety Fears Hurt Swine Flu Vaccinations?
August 2nd, 2009
Author: adminConcerns Over Thimerosal, Expedited Approval Process Ignite Worries in Some
By RADHA CHITALE and DAN CHILDS
ABC News Medical Unit
With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hoping to have 120 million doses of H1N1 swine flu virus vaccine ready before flu season this fall, some are raising concerns over what they see as an effort to rush the drug through safety trials.
The source of many of these concerns is the probability that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal will be an ingredient in some of the doses of the new vaccine. Concern over thimerosal has lingered for years, despite research that has overwhelmingly found it to be harmless.
“We have yet to find any evidence that thimerosal ever hurt anyone,” said Dr. Andrew Pavia, chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah. Read more…
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