Jos rokotteen riskit tiedettäisiin ja pandemia olisi tulossa, niin järkevää olisi silti rokottaa.

että se lieventää taudin oireita jollei estä tautia. Toisin sanoen tauti on yrittänyt mutta ei ole edes huomattu kun keho on sen jo nitistänyt.

tuossa brittijutussa kyse on siis rokottamattomista lapsista...

että se lieventää taudin oireita jollei estä tautia. Toisin sanoen tauti on yrittänyt mutta ei ole edes huomattu kun keho on sen jo nitistänyt.

kuollut sikainfluenssaan. Että ei se nyt aivan mitätön tauti ole.

Vaccinate all children, demands mother of girl killed by swine flu



Parents unhappy that government is 'picking and choosing' who receives innoculation



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* Rachel Williams

* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 January 2011 18.50 GMT

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Swine flu victim Lana Ameen Lana Ameen, the three-year-old girl who died from swine flu in a Liverpool hospital. Photograph: Handout/PA



A three-year-old girl died from swine flu within 48 hours of developing symptoms over Christmas, her parents said today.



Gemma and Zana Ameen, a healthcare assistant and a doctor, released a picture of their daughter, Lana, in intensive care as they called for all children to be vaccinated against the virus, which has killed 50 people this winter and left hundreds requiring critical care. Lana was not eligible for the flu jab under current rules because she had no underlying health problems.



She developed what appeared to be a cold on Christmas Eve and was prescribed cough medicine, but woke screaming in the night with a high temperature. Her parents took her to hospital, where she was diagnosed with an infection.



Doctors brought her temperature down and sent her home. On Christmas Day she appeared better, managing to open her presents and eat some dinner, the Ameens said, but later began having fits and was taken back to Stepping Hill hospital, Stockport, in an ambulance.



Over the next three hours, she was revived three times, her parents said, before being moved to a special care unit at Alder Hey hospital, Liverpool where, on Boxing Day, doctors told the couple she was brain dead and switched off her life support machine. Tests showed she died of swine flu.



Ms Ameen, 28, who is three months pregnant, said: "Lana was very healthy. She's hardly ever been ill, just the odd cold here and there. It can kill young, fit and healthy people in such a short space of time. It's just about how your body reacts to the virus. Some people can fight it off, and some people can't.



"If everyone can just have the vaccine... it would stop the spread. It should be freely available. You can't pick and choose who deserves certain medication. Everyone, even adults, not just children, has a right to protect themselves. The government should not be picking and choosing to say that person doesn't qualify to be protected against something."