I don’t want to talk about vaccines and autism for the same reason I don’t feel like standing up and repeatedly smacking my head against the wall. I would, however, like to pass along the following information about the H1N1 flu vaccine and mercury.
There are three different companies that make H1N1 (swine flu) flu shots. Of those only one, Sanofi Pasteur, has a shot FDA approved for kids less than 4 years old. Sanofi Pasteur makes three different H1N1 flu shots, one of which is FDA approved for kids older than 3, the other two are approved for kids all the way down to 6 months.
Of the 2 Sanofi Pasteur shots approved for kids older than 6 months:
-one is 0.25 mL prefilled syringe (an individually packaged shot) which contains no mercury
-one is 5.0 mL multidose vial (a bottle of vaccine that 10 shots can be drawn out of) which contains 25 micrograms of mercury per shot.
A mercury free H1N1 vaccine is out there for your kiddo if you are so inclined, don’t let any fear mongers tell you otherwise.
CDC website — scroll to the table near the bottom if you want to see for yourself
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