Is there a vaccine for swine flu

Vaccines are available to be given to pigs to prevent swine influenza. There is no vaccine to protect humans from swine flu. The seasonal influenza vaccine will likely help provide partial protection against swine H3N2, but not swine H1N1 v…

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/key_facts.htm/

On September 15, 2009, the FDA approved monovalent H1N1 virus vaccines. The seasonal influenza vaccine does not provide protection against swine flu. Both the seasonal flu and H1N1 flu vaccines will be made available starting in mid-October…

http://www.umm.edu/news/swine_flu_qa.htm#10

No. Right now there is no vaccine for swine flu. According to CDC, it is unlikely that the vaccine for seasonal flu will prevent swine flu. Is it safe to cook and eat pork and pork products? Yes. It is safe to eat properly handled and co…

http://www.rssu.org/swine%20flu.html

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Is it true there will be a vaccine for the swine flu?

Q: I was just at the doctors and he said that there was going to be a swine flu vaccine coming out in october. And from a friend ,who’s mom is a nurse, said that it will be two shots. Is any of that true

A: Yes it is true! It should be out around December and yes you will have to get 2! The reason is since it is the first time everyone will be getting the vaccine everyone will have to get a booster!!

Is there a chance the swine flu vaccine will be dangerous?

Q: In the 1976 swine flu scare, more people died from Guillain-Barré Syndrome which they developed as a result of the vaccine, than died from the disease itself.What are the potential risks involved with the Swine Flu vaccine 33 years later? I assume those in charge of developing the vaccine are trying very hard to avoid a repeat of the past disastrous mistakes. I do notice that the media are very quiet about the vaccine related deaths of ’76. I guess they want to avoid panic.

A: Well I don’t know much about the swine flu or the deaths of ’76 but I know I won’t be getting the vaccine. It may sound stupid but I don’t want some I Am Legend sh!t goin down. I’ll be able to handle it. Interesting point you brought up, I’ll have to research. I’m curious now 😉

Is there any danger with the swine flu vaccine?

Q: I want to know if the swine flu vaccine has been tested. I want to have it when it comes out but will i die from it?

A: It ISN’T dangerous.I am very angry with the newspapers for publishing misleading headlines such as “Swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks” I can see whats going to happen here, the anti-vaccination brigade will have a field day and people will listen to their incorrect diatribes and end up not having the vaccine for fear of it being unsafe.The vaccine WILL still go through the standard safety checks. No vaccine is 100% but the benefits do outweigh the rare risks. By ‘rushing through safety checks’ it simply means they will hasten the whole process and cut out the endless paperwork. All the vaccines WILL be tested, you will not be given an untested vaccine.It takes months to make flu vaccines, but they are using a fast-tracked approval procedure which has involved trials of a “mock-up” vaccine so the speed would not compromise patient safety.