CDC: 10 reports of Guillain-Barre Syndrome following H1N1 vaccine in last 2 months

[carpro]

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Originally Posted by carpro

Here's an interestint statement from the MAYO Clinic

Nothing in there that's unusual. Of note, though is the fact that everyone should understand that GBS is a syndrome, not a disease.
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Even using 4 in 100,000, regardless of the cause, the people who contract it will get no comfort from dispassionately quoted statistics.

Pretending that they got GBS from the vaccine won't help any either.
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Bottom line is that no one is 100% certain of any of it

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That's not the bottom line. The bottom line is that there's no evidence to support the claim that the 4 cases of GBS in the OP were caused by the H1N1a vaccine.

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If you say so. :laugh:

 

[Johnv]

I don't say so. Those are the facts.

 

[carpro]

I don't say so. Those are the facts.

:laugh: Of course, they are. :laugh:

 

[annsni]

The fallacy of that line of thinking is that the only way you can know what the real statistic is, is to vaccinate the entire population.

Actually not. It would be called a "control group". You could not know the real statistic unless you had one. In this case, you would take a similar demographic to the group of vaccinated individuals and see how many of the "control group" have come down with GBS. THEN you will be able to compare the two to see whether or not the vaccine seems to increase the risk of coming down with it.

 

[Ed Edwards]

So I got both anti-flu shots today. Amazing what a little COPD can get for you

I wonder if I can flaunt my GERD soon?