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Teachers Are Being Mandated To Get the Flu Vaccine or Wear a Mask and Gloves
Conclusion Many of us who choose not to vaccinate used to trust the vaccines until they harmed us or someone we love. Teachers’ concerns are understandable and they are discussing the start of a teacher’s union to help give them a voice because these mandates can negatively affect their overall health or cause discrimination in the workplace. If you decline the vaccine and cannot get around the mandate, maybe your students can help you decorate your mask with pride. Perhaps this will lead to a new trend when they learn why you didn’t vaccinate.   References http://www.cdc.gov/…/pr...
Source: vactruth.com - December 14, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Augustina Ursino Tags: Augustina Ursino Top Stories CPCC Board Federal Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) Flu Vaccine Mandatory Vaccination Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) Source Type: blogs

CDC Halts Use of Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
Conclusion Finally, after years of data cannot hide the lack of efficacy, even government and professional organizations are taking note: flu vaccines don’t work. Informed parents know there are safer and more effective ways to keep their children healthy, without injecting their sons and daughters with vaccines and the associated toxic ingredients. Do you vaccinate your child or yourself against the flu? How do you promote good health in your family during the winter months? Please share your comments below and share the important information in this article with others! References: http://www.cdc.gov/media/release...
Source: vactruth.com - June 30, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Missy Fluegge Top Stories Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) flu mist influenza vaccine LAIV live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) nasal spray flu vaccine truth about vaccines US Centers for Disease Control and Preven Source Type: blogs

Festive Flu Virus Structure
Credit: Rommie Amaro, Jacob Durrant, Adam Gardner, and colleagues. Ah, December—a month suffused with light-filled holidays, presents, parties . . . and the spread of colds and flu. This playful image uses a festive approach to the serious science of understanding and finding ways to combat the flu virus. The structure shows the H1N1 influenza (flu) virus, so named for the hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N) molecules shown in ice blue on the surface of the virus. Also appearing in atomic-level detail is the virus’ outer envelope (white), matrix proteins (bright green), and genetic material (ribonucleoproteins in r...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 20, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Alisa Zapp Machalek Tags: Cool Images Diseases Infection Infectious Disease Spread Infectious Diseases Viruses Source Type: blogs

The Scary Truth About the New York City Flu Vaccine Mandate
Conclusion Families should not be forced to inject their child with toxic substances. They should not be forced to receive a vaccine that is ineffective and dangerous. They should not be forced to give up their preferred choice for quality, early childhood education and care programs in order to avoid forced vaccination. Families should be allowed to make the choices for their health and well-being that are best for their family. If your child attends day care or preschool in New York City, we urge you to contact your elected officials and tell them you are against forced vaccination for your child. In addition, you may ex...
Source: vactruth.com - April 21, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Missy Fluegge Recent Articles Top Stories Flu Vaccine FORCED VACCINATION truth about vaccines vaccine mandate Source Type: blogs

Baloxavir (Xofluza): A new antiviral drug for the flu
A new drug for the treatment of influenza was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2018, just in time for the 2018–19 flu season. Baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) works against the two types of influenza virus that cause disease in humans, influenza A and B. This new drug works differently than currently available drugs, including oseltamivir (Tamiflu), zanamivir (Relenza), and peramivir (Rapivab). These older drugs inhibit the virus by blocking a viral enzyme called neuraminidase. In contrast, baloxavir inhibits a subunit of the viral polymerase, the enzyme responsible for influenza virus replica...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Kuritzkes, MD Tags: Cold and Flu Health Source Type: blogs

Inefficient influenza H7N9 virus aerosol transmission among ferrets
There have been 131 confirmed human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus in China, but so far there is little evidence for human to human transmission. Three out of four patients report exposure to animals, ‘mostly chickens‘, suggesting that most of the infections are zoonoses. Whether or not the virus will evolve to transmit among humans is anyone’s guess. Meanwhile it has been found that one of the H7N9 virus isolates from Shanghai can transmit by aerosol among ferrets, albeit inefficiently. Ferrets were inoculated intranasally with influenza A/Shanghai/02/2013 virus or A/California/07/2009, the 2...
Source: virology blog - May 23, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information aerosol transmission avian influenza H7N9 ferret fouchier H1N1 kawaoka pathogenesis viral virus Source Type: blogs

The flu shot saves children ’s lives
Follow me on Twitter @drClaire Of the 358 children who died from influenza between 2010 and 2014, only 26% had been vaccinated against it, according to a study just released in the journal Pediatrics. That means 74%, or three out of four of them, had not. And maybe if they had been vaccinated, they’d be alive right now. Of all the vaccines I give as a pediatrician, the flu shot is the one that families refuse most. Parents don’t think they need it. They don’t think it works. They think it is dangerous. This frustrates me, because none of these reasons for refusing the flu shot are true. Influenza can be a dangerous d...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Cold and Flu Infectious diseases Parenting Prevention Vaccines Source Type: blogs

This year ’s flu season: Public health catastrophe or par for the course?
Follow me on Twitter @JohnRossMD If you think that there’s a lot of flu going around this January, you’re absolutely right. Every state except Hawaii is reporting widespread influenza activity, making for a lot of miserable people suffering from classic flu symptoms of cough, fever, headache, stuffy nose, and achy muscles. Hospitals across the United States have been flooded with flu patients. Matters have been made worse by national shortages of IV fluids in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Are we headed toward a historically bad flu season? It’s too early to tell. This year, it could just be that flu season, which is u...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Cold and Flu Health Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs

Common cold, flu, or coronavirus?
  In the early days of the outbreak, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was repeatedly compared to the flu (influenza) and even to the common cold (rhinoviruses, et al). This was due to an initial impression of shared symptoms. The differences between these conditions are particularly important as we kick off National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) and the ‘flu season’. So, how can we tell which of these diseases we are dealing with in a given patient?     Common cold Let’s start with the common cold, a condition that can be caused by over 200 different strains of viruses.  On average, an adult wil...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 8, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Diagnosis Identify News Source Type: blogs

10 things parents should know about flu shots
Follow me on Twitter @drClaire We started giving flu shots at our practice last week, and it made me not just happy, but relieved. I know how bad influenza can be and I always feel better when we can start preventing it. Every year, influenza sickens millions, hospitalizes hundreds of thousands, and kills tens of thousands. This is not your average common cold. While it is especially dangerous for anyone who already has a health problem (such as a weakened immune system, or heart or lung problems), it can be dangerous for healthy people, too. Even if you don’t get that sick from the flu, aside from missing school or work...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Cold and Flu Infectious diseases Parenting Prevention Vaccines Source Type: blogs

Does the flu vaccine cause miscarriages?
A recent study claims to have found a link between influenza vaccination and miscarriage, and antivaxers are rejoicing. The study itself suffers mightily from post hoc subgroup analyses and small numbers in the subgroup, so much so that even its authors don't really believe its results.
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 14, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Clinical trials Medicine case control study Frank DeStefano H1N1 influenza J.B. Handley miscarriage Source Type: blogs

From the CDC: Not too late to get a flu shot
While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses can be detected year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, although activity can last as late as May. Flu Vaccine Finder – find where you can get the flu shot near you. Prevent the flu– YouTube video from the CDC. This informational, 1-minute-50-second video raises awareness about preventing influenza (flu), including receiving a flu vaccine every year.
Source: BHIC - January 19, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Burda Tags: General Public Health Source Type: blogs

Preventing and Fighting the Flu
photo credit: Iain Farrell If you’re sick of getting sick with the flu or bad colds, I have some very good news. There are things you can do to prevent and fight the flu that are very effective. And some of them will likely be things you haven’t heard before. Each person is different and as such you should only add supplements after checking with your doctor and WebMD to make sure it doesn’t interact with other medicines you take or conditions you have. These remedies are for adults. Check with your pediatrician for safely using any of these suggestions with children. Preventing the Flu I learned several ...
Source: Life Learning Today - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Healthy Living How To Solving Problems boost immunity fight the flu flu cures influenza prevent the flu supplements Source Type: blogs

WHO Says H7N9 is One of the Most Lethal Flu Strains
There continues to be new cases of the H7N9 bird flu strain in China. An image of the H7N9 virus from the CDC is pictured above. So far there have been 108 lab-confirmed cases and 22 deaths. Taiwan has also confirmed a case, but the person did not catch it in Taiwan. He was hospitalized after returning from Shanghai. He is in critical condition. Reuters reports that a World Health Organization (WHO) expert called H7N9 a very dangerous virus at a briefing. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's assistant director-general for health security, said, "When we look at influenza viruses, this is an unusually dangerous virus for humans. This i...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - April 24, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: flu h7n9 avian-influenza Source Type: blogs