Beware mercury likely in H1N1 flu vaccine

Before you rush off to get the much recommended H1N1 flu vaccine, there are a few things you need to think about. This is a vaccine that the FDA is fast tracking without taking the time to do appropriate safety studies before releasing the vaccine to the public.

Most of this vaccine probably will contain mercury. While health officials warn about the dangers of mercury emissions from coal-burning energy plants, eating certain types of fish and even breaking energy-efficient light bulbs, they have no problems injecting mercury directly into our (and even our children's) bloodstream.

There are far more serious public health issues our government could be spending its time on, but I guess since a profitable vaccine can't be manufactured to “prevent” them, they are getting pushed to the back burner.

Some interesting numbers to consider: Out of the almost 6.8 billion people living on Earth, there are currently only 94,000-plus cases of H1N1 flu. That amounts to a whopping 0.001 percent. It seems absurd to classify it as a public health emergency and even more absurd to the point of being suspicious to call it a global pandemic. It seems more like a “plannedemic” to me.

Cody Jordan

Urbana