The Bird Flu Vaccine Clinical Trials
What the safety data tells us
Bird flu is all the rage. As this issue heats up, here is a bit of information about each of the three bird flu (H5N1) vaccines licensed by the FDA.
First is Sanofi (National Stockpile), which was licensed for adults based on a clinical trial in which only 103 adults were vaccinated and 48 received the placebo. Worse, there were four serious adverse events in the vaccine group.
Next up is ID Biomedical, which was licensed for adults in a clinical trial in which the vaccine group had four times the rate of new immune-mediated diseases. The trial for ages 6 months to 17 years had only 838 children, making it underpowered and unable to adequately measure safety.
And last but not least is Seqirus, which was licensed for adults in a clinical trial in which 0.5% of the vaccinated group died but only 0.1% of the placebo group died. The trial for ages 6 months to 17 years had only 329 children, making it significantly underpowered and unable to adequately measure safety.
And that is a wrap. Needless to say, if you plan to get pricked, be informed!
But Aaron, while the 3 old bird flu vaccnes you mentioned are licensed, there are several new vaccines for bird flu for which an EUA has been suggested.
The vaccine being used in Finland on farm and fur workers is a Sequirus H5N8 that was not tested in anyone before it was approved for limited use on 10,000 workers. (There is no bird flu currently in Finland, so we can conclude the 10,000 workers compose the safety trial, while efficacy cannot be trialed.)
Bird flu mRNA vaccines are being developed, as is another Sanofi vaccine. Bottom line: not a single bird flu vaccine has been shown to be sufficiently safe for use. Why would you get vaccinated for pink eye, when only 14 Americans have developed this infection, and all got better quickly, without hospitalization. No one died. The idea of vaccinating for this infection is a scam.
Oooh, goody, where can I roll my sleeves up?!
At this point, it's just become a farce. But only a smidgen of people are still getting Covid boosters - which technically makes some 90% of the population anti-vaxxers by definition, so perhaps there is hope...