said by pduffy4 :

We are not told how many people were tested with the swine flu vaccine so it is not possible from the article to say what the mortality rate is in the case of the 25 deaths.

said by Daily Mail :

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500 cases of GBS were detected.
The vaccine may have increased the risk of contracting GBS by eight times.
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25 people died from respiratory failure after severe paralysis. One in 80,000 people came down with the condition

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said by pduffy4 :

The 1918 Spanish Flu (as they chose to call it) was caused entirely by vaccinations.

said by pduffy4 :

So are you going to take the Swine Flu vaccine?

said by pduffy4 :

The Daily Mail is not the only source telling of the dangers of vaccines. Don't bother asking for links.

said by jvmorris :

On the other hand, I can attest to the fact that at that time (and to this day, I believe), the general medical opinion is that the appendix serves no discernable purpose in modern man and that the presumption is that it did earlier on. But what that purpose was remained largely conjectural. What ;purpose is it that you understand the appendix serves in modern man? It is neither a ducted nor ductless gland, but rather a vestigial appendage to the digestive system.

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Drawing upon a series of observations and experiments, Duke University Medical Center investigators postulate that the beneficial bacteria in the appendix that aid digestion can ride out a bout of diarrhea that completely evacuates the intestines and emerge afterwards to repopulate the gut. Their theory appears online in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. "While there is no smoking gun, the abundance of circumstantial evidence makes a strong case for the role of the appendix as a place where the good bacteria can live safe and undisturbed until they are needed," said William Parker, Ph.D., assistant professor of experimental surgery, who conducted the analysis in collaboration with R. Randal Bollinger, M.D., Ph.D., Duke professor emeritus in general surgery.
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"Diseases causing severe diarrhea are endemic in countries without modern health and sanitation practices, which often results in the entire contents of the bowels, including the biofilms, being flushed from the body," Parker said. He added that the appendix's location and position is such that it is expected to be relatively difficult for anything to enter it as the contents of the bowels are emptied. "Once the bowel contents have left the body, the good bacteria hidden away in the appendix can emerge and repopulate the lining of the intestine before more harmful bacteria can take up residence," Parker continued. "In industrialized societies with modern medical care and sanitation practices, the maintenance of a reserve of beneficial bacteria may not be necessary. This is consistent with the observation that removing the appendix in modern societies has no discernable negative effects."
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Parker conducted a deductive study because direct examination the appendix's function would be difficult. Other than humans, the only mammals known to have appendices are rabbits, opossums and wombats, and their appendices are markedly different than the human appendix. Parker's overall research into the existence and function of biofilms is supported by the National Institutes of Health. Other Duke members of the team were Andrew Barbas, Errol Bush, and Shu Lin.

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