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Posted: 6:07 PM Oct 30, 2009
H1N1 Vaccinations To Be Offered To Guantanamo Bay Detainees
The Pentagon will offer the H1N1 vaccination to detainees at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday.
Reporter: Mike Mount, CNN Senior Pentagon Producer |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon will offer the H1N1 vaccination to detainees at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday.
The Pentagon made the decision based on U.S. government assessments that people held in detention facilities are at high risk for the pandemic, said Maj. Diana R. Haynie, a spokeswoman for Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, which is in charge of holding the suspected terrorists.
"Detainees at JTF Guantanamo are considered to be at higher risk and therefore they will be offered the H1N1 vaccination," Haynie said.
"JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees. As such, we must provide detainees the medical care necessary to maintain their health," she said.
Base officials had not received the vaccinations and did not know when they were expected to arrive, Haynie said.
Once the vaccinations are received, doses will be administered to active-duty personnel before being offered to detainees and others on the base, Haynie said.
The vaccination is mandatory for all uniformed personnel, she said.
The vaccinations will be voluntary for the detainees, who will be briefed on the virus and the vaccine prior to deciding whether to receive the latter.
Some of the detainees have already voluntarily taken the seasonal flu shot, Haynie said.
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Last but not least heres some advice. Read these informational websites. MY OPINION isnt a matter. Your health is. So heres what i would do in your case as a pregnant women. Thermosal is used to keep the vaccine from being contaminated supposedly. Also supposedly it is provided you can get the shot with or without. So basically the real decision is on you the public. Not what some guy says in a forum. Just know what your getting into your body before you do it. Kinda like smoking its bad for you , you know it, but in the end it's your choice.
Research suggests that healthy children under the age of 2 are more likely than older children and as likely as people over the age of 65 to be hospitalized with flu complications. In addition, children between 24-59 months of age have higher rates of influenza-related doctor and Emergency Department visits than older children. Therefore, vaccination with either reduced or standard thimerosal-content flu vaccine is recommended for children between the ages of 6 and 59 months by CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. I think the website spoke for itself and that's the research that was done. 5 months- 59 months ? hmm and supposedly its better just because its reduced; so the CDC says notice the GOV website in the post
Stan-I think you are posting on the wrong site. This site obviously is meant for those who get their information from FOX news and Glenn Beck. You can't argue with people like that. Let them have their shots. You're too smart to be hanging around this cesspool of paranoia, misinformation and hate.
