How many people died from the flu vaccination?

Answer 1

i think its 1000s

I had mine yesterday! I am 12 nearly 13! I am in year 8! you can have it at any age between 12 years old (in year 8) and 18 years old!

I was petrified before having it - my friends who had it before me didn't help! they were crying and everything and they had already had it! me and my bff were crying and on the way to the room to get it a lady said that we should both go to the nurses room and waited for ages (around an hour and a half) then we got it! one of our other bffs had had it earlier and was with us the whole time we were waiting! then we went at the end and i felt a absalute twit! it didn't hurt at all! plus i got a free biscuit!

it didn't hurt at all! the only negative points about it was -
that you worry and feel horrible before it
your arm hurts if you move it after (mine is stiff today) which is why i had the day off!

Answer 2

The number of people who have died after an H1N1/09 vaccination with the death reported to the VAERS program (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) is provided below. However each of these circumstances have not yet been evaluated to determine if the death was due to the vaccine. The 42 deaths that were reported are a very small number compared to the number of vaccinations given, and most likely, if related to the vaccine at all, the deaths were from severe allergic reactions to the egg protein or other ingredient in the vaccine.

This is from the VAERS data:

As of January 22, 2010, VAERS had received 8755 adverse event reports following 2009 monovalent H1N1 vaccination.

• The vast majority (94%) of adverse events reported to VAERS after receiving the 2009 monovalent H1N1 vaccine are classified as "non-serious" (e.g., soreness at the vaccine injection site).

• Of the 8755 reports, 564 (6%) were reports that were classified as "serious" health events (defined as life threatening or resulting in death, major disability, abnormal conditions at birth, hospitalization, or extension of an existing hospitalization)*.

• The percentage of reports involving what would be considered serious health events is not different between 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines. Additionally, no new or unusual events or pattern of adverse events have emerged.

• VAERS reports continue to be monitored as more vaccine is administered.

• Among the 564 reports of serious health events, there were 42 reports of death.

• As with all reports of serious adverse events and deaths, the 42 VAERS reports that involve deaths are under review by CDC, FDA and the states where the reported deaths occurred. Preliminary findings do not indicate a common cause or pattern (such as similarities in age, gender, geographic location, illness surrounding death, or underlying medical conditions) to suggest that these deaths were associated with the vaccine. These cases are under further review pending additional medical records (e.g., autopsy reports, medical files).

As of a December 30, 2009 report of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 32 cases have been reported of serious adverse effects of the A-H1N1/09 vaccine resulting in, or related to, deaths of those 32 people.

However, according to the CDC report:

As with all reports of serious adverse events and deaths, the 32 VAERS reports that involve deaths are under review by CDC, FDA and the states where the reported deaths occurred. Preliminary findings do not indicate a common cause or pattern (such as similarities in age, gender, geographic location, illness surrounding death, or underlying medical conditions) to suggest that these deaths were associated with the vaccine. These cases are under further review pending additional medical records (e.g., autopsy reports, medical files).

See the related links section for a link to that full report. The following summary was

developed based upon the information gathered by the FDA and CDC through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. This summary from the CDC is as of Dec 30, 2009, shows a possible link between 32 people's deaths and the vaccine. Almost 100 million doses have been distributed for use in the US alone.

VAERS Summary:

• As of December 30, 2009, 99.3 million doses of 2009 H1N1 vaccine had been shipped to vaccination providers in the United States, although the precise number of vaccines administered is unknown.

• As of December 30, 2009, VAERS had received 7326 adverse event reports following 2009 monovalent H1N1 vaccination.

• The vast majority (94%) of adverse events reported to VAERS after receiving the 2009 monovalent H1N1 vaccine are classified as "non-serious" (e.g., soreness at the vaccine injection site).

• Of the 7326 reports, 440 (6%) were reports that were classified as "serious" health events (defined as life threatening or resulting in death, major disability, abnormal conditions at birth, hospitalization, or extension of an existing hospitalization)*.

• The percentage of reports involving what would be considered serious health events is not different between 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines. Additionally, no new or unusual events or pattern of adverse events have emerged.

• VAERS reports continue to be monitored as more vaccine is administered.

• Among the 440 reports of serious health events, there were 32 reports of death.

• As with all reports of serious adverse events and deaths, the 32 VAERS reports that involve deaths are under review by CDC, FDA and the states where the reported deaths occurred. Preliminary findings do not indicate a common cause or pattern (such as similarities in age, gender, geographic location, illness surrounding death, or underlying medical conditions) to suggest that these deaths were associated with the vaccine. These cases are under further review pending additional medical records (e.g., autopsy reports, medical files).

There is also a link to a very good article by Dr. Rob Siegel in Psychology Today in the related link section below, along with some other reputable articles on the subject. Here are some relevant excerpts from the article by Dr. Siegel:

In prior years the flu vaccine's ability to reduce death was much greater than its likelihood of causing any side effect more serious than a sore arm.

In otherwise healthy kids . . . who got flu last spring, the probabilty of death from H1N1 "swine" flu was between .001 and .0001; the probability of serious side effects in flu vaccines historically ranges around .00001-.000001. The incidence of H1N1 flu this upcoming fall is unknown, and is important in this analysis.

Studies on the new vaccine could not determine the risk of serious side effects because no serious side effects were reported so far in over 39,000 people who have received it. These studies found that the vaccine is good at preventing Swine Flu