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	1/3 of ParentsSay No To H1N1 Shot

ljsdesign

10-8-2009 1:33 PM

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h1n1, swine flu, thermerosol, vaccines, untested, long term, side, effects

ljsdesign says:

It's one of those things where you're almost damned if you do, damned if you don't
I thought they weren't using Thermerosol in vaccines anymore.
The preservative is not in the FluMist nasal spray, which can be given to healthy kids age 2 and older. But it's in many injectable doses, which are packaged in multi-dose vials that require thimerosal to prevent bacterial contamination

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