SALT LAKE CITY -
The Utah Department of Health said next week's national supply of the H1N1 vaccine will be short by two million doses. "I can only apologize on behalf on the poo bahs in washington or the manufacturers and say that we're at risk of their ability to manufacture," said Dr. David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health. "Good news is they're not pushing it out untested. So it has to be safe before they're letting us have it."
But what about the millions of doses already administered to Americans? Is the H1N1 vaccine safe?
The CDC is investigating over 1,900 adverse cases, which include reports of Guillan Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder that can cause paralysis. Included in the cases that are being investigated by the CDC is death.
Barbara Loe Fisher who co-founded the national vaccine information center, a watchdog group, said the H1N1 virus is mild, and the vaccine overhyped. She said the risks of the vaccine are unknown and the federal government's push to get vaccinated concerns her.
"I think that there has been an unprecedented campaign by the federal health officials for us to take this very seriously when the really the evidence is that this is not any more serious than the seasonal influenza," said Fisher.
FOX 13 talked to health officials about the safety of the vaccine. They said rumors that the vaccine was rushed are simply not true and that the same guidelines and precautions taken for seasonal flu were applied to the H1H1 vaccine. Side effects from the shot are typically mild.
FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha reports.
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But what about the millions of doses already administered to Americans? Is the H1N1 vaccine safe?
The CDC is investigating over 1,900 adverse cases, which include reports of Guillan Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder that can cause paralysis. Included in the cases that are being investigated by the CDC is death.
Barbara Loe Fisher who co-founded the national vaccine information center, a watchdog group, said the H1N1 virus is mild, and the vaccine overhyped. She said the risks of the vaccine are unknown and the federal government's push to get vaccinated concerns her.
"I think that there has been an unprecedented campaign by the federal health officials for us to take this very seriously when the really the evidence is that this is not any more serious than the seasonal influenza," said Fisher.
FOX 13 talked to health officials about the safety of the vaccine. They said rumors that the vaccine was rushed are simply not true and that the same guidelines and precautions taken for seasonal flu were applied to the H1H1 vaccine. Side effects from the shot are typically mild.
FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha reports.
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