1976 incidents often go unmentioned, but may prove quite relevant when mass immunizations begin occurring late in 2009.<\/p>\n
In 1976, U.S. Army recruit Private David Lewis was based at Fort Dix, N.J., and suddenly felt very sick. Within a day he was dead. The cause of his death was given as \u201cswine flu,\u201d otherwise known as the H1N1 influenza virus. As a consequence of this single death, approximately 45 million Americans were inoculated against H1N1 between October 1, 1976, and December 16, 1976.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the 1976 vaccinations began, recipients of the vaccine began developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological illness associated with loss of muscle control, leg and arm paralysis, tingling and weakness.<\/p>\n
According to Dr. Walter Rocca, now one of two co-directors of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, \u201cThe Rochester Epidemiology Project helped uncover that there were more cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The vaccine was given and there were no foreseen issues (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1976 incidents often go unmentioned, but may prove quite relevant when mass immunizations begin occurring late in 2009. In 1976, U.S. Army recruit Private David Lewis was based at Fort Dix, N.J., and suddenly felt very sick. Within a day…<\/span><\/p>\n