The United States declared the Swine Flu epidemic as a national emergency on October 24th. President Barrack Obama Signed off the legal formalities hindering this decision. This National Emergency proclamation will be instrumental in removing certain legal requirements for the doctors and the doctors will find it easier dealing with emergency cases. The deadly H1N1 virus, causing the flu has affected 46 US states and till now has claimed 411 confirmed deaths, around 100 of them children. The state declaration describes the situation as '2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic' and seeks to aid healthcare workers with 'the flood of patients'.
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There is growing concern among the health care community and general public regarding the push for a pandemic H1N1 vaccination due to known and unknown side effect potential. This past August, the Daily Mail, UK distribution, leaked a letter from the Health Protection Agency regarding neurologists' concerns about a link to a "killer nerve disease." This relates back to 1976, when the federal government rushed a Swine Flu vaccine into production and distribution, which resulted in 25 times the number of deaths than were attributed to the actual influenza. Many thousands were affected with secondary neurological complications.
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The CDC's response to possible side effects and safety concerns about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine states that the risks are likely to be similar to the usual seasonal flu vaccine. Hundreds of millions of people in the US have received seasonal flu vaccinations over the years, with few serious health effects.
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