Do you think the H1N1 Vaccine will be like the movie I Am Legend?

[eawmp1]

Study hard in school, pay attention in your science clasees, do a bit of research. The you will understand how RIDICULOUS a premise the OP's question is.

Or to simplify things: NO
www.cdc.gov

 

[Bostonaholic]

I voted Yes because of how ridiculous this question is.

 

[snberk103]

It wasn't really "developed quickly". It uses the same principles and methods that have been used to produce other influenza vaccines. The only thing that's different this time is the antigens which are from swine flu influenza instead of the yearly seasonal influenzas. There's nothing particularly novel about the vaccine that needs broad-scale testing first. It's a very well characterised, tested, and safe process. Which is why it was able to be bought into use quickly.

edit: Also rest assured that in the very rare event that there are serious side-effects they'll be picked up very quickly, as each reported adverse side effect if collected and collated.

And, to add to this.... I believe the Australians and New Zealanders have been using this vaccine for several months - perhaps up to 6 - since their flu season starts 6 months earlier (their summers are our winters, and vice versa). What was the rushed was not the basis of the vaccine, but the actual "growing" of it.

As I understand it, they "grow" the bits that will eventually become the vaccine in eggs. What takes the time is procurement of the millions of eggs, the "seeding", the "growing" time, the "harvesting" from those millions of eggs, and then the final processing into the vaccination. All of those steps take time. This is how every flu vaccine is created. What "rushed" means here is that they paid a bunch of overtime to the people to work long hours doing these steps to get each step completed sooner than would have otherwise happened.