TGen seeks emergency FDA approval of new swine flu test

[Source: TGen] - The Phoenix-based non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced today that, along with a business collaborator, it will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of a new test to diagnose the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus.

Details about TGen’s test will be presented Sunday (Nov. 1) at the 47th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), being held today through Sunday (Oct. 29-Nov. 1) in Philadelphia.

The new test, developed at TGen’s Pathogen Genomics Division (TGen North) in Flagstaff, can not only detect influenza — as some tests do now — but also can quickly inform doctors about what strain of flu it is and whether or not it may be resistant to oseltamivir (sold under the brand name Tamiflu®; Roche), the primary anti-viral drug on the market to treat H1N1.

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to vaccinate or not to vaccinate....

this question has me somewhat perplexed. The H1N1 vaccine has been made available and I now have the opportunity to take it if I so desire.

But do I really need it? I don't even remember the last time I had any strain of influenza. And then there is the question of whether or not the vaccine is safe.

Follow this link to the CDC H1N1 vaccination recommendations

There are others who doubt the safety of the Vaccine

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Then there is the somewhat tragic tale of the girl disabled as a supposed result of the vaccination



I leave you tonight with this message from Dr. John D. Clarke, MD, FAAFP


So should I, or should I not get vaccinated???
Some feedback would be appreciated