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Originally Posted by Boblobla
From the reading that I have been doing the only people in Canada who can get a vaccine without adjuvant are pregnant women. Why is that? Are they more at risk of side effects from the adjuvant?
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Q4. Does an adjuvanted vaccine pose a risk to pregnant women?
All evidence suggests that adjuvanted vaccines are just as safe as unadjuvanted vaccines; however there is no safety data for the use of adjuvanted vaccine in pregnant women. The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) recommended in July that pregnant women should receive non-adjuvanted vaccine where possible, but that an adjuvanted vaccine could be used if necessary.
Q6. Is the Government ordering non-adjuvanted vaccine? Who will it be recommended for and why?
The Government of Canada plans to purchase a small quantity of non-adjuvanted H1N1 flu vaccine (approx. 1.8 million doses) as part of its total order of 50.4 M doses.
The purchase of a small quantity of non-adjuvanted vaccine is a precautionary measure for pregnant women as no clinical data of the safety of adjuvanted vaccine in this group is available.
In these cases, should a non-adjuvanted vaccine prove to be effective, it may be the preferred option. The WHO has indicated that it has no special concerns about the safety of adjuvanted H1N1 flu vaccines in general. The WHO has also strongly recommended that pregnant women be immunized against the H1N1 flu virus, even if no non-adjuvanted vaccine is available.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-ale...g_h1n1-eng.php
Sorry Bagor, I haven't gotten an answer yet. We are understandingly really swamped right now.
If anyone else has any questions from the Government perspective, just msg or pm me