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FDA approves first at home Flu mist. This should turn out well. "FluMist® recipients should avoid close contact with immune compromised individuals for at least 21 days."The warning is specifically directed toward those living in the same household with an immune compromised person, but the on-going release of live viruses throughout the community may be a significant risk to everyone who has a weak, or weakened, immune system.The number of immune compromised people in the United States is enormous:It is estimated that at least 10%, or more than 28 million people have eczema. More than 8.5 million people have cancer. There are reported to be 850,000 individuals with diagnosed and un-diagnosed HIV infection or AIDS and based on 2001 data, there were 184,000 organ recipients. It is important to realise that FluMist is CONTRAINDICATED for people who are immune compromised. People who receive FluMist and are living with an immune compromised person put their loved ones at risk.Will this make stores that administer the vaccines-like Walmart and the other pharmaceutical chain stores that have announced they will carry FluMist, risky places to shop for large segments of the population? What measures will be taken in these stores to ensure that the virus will not become commingled with food? What hand washing policy is going to be enforced in the stores for all Walmart employees and customers who have received FluMist? These are reasonable questions that deserve answers.The target market for FluMist is "healthy children and adults, ages 5 to 49 yrs." Some believe that by vaccinating these people, a type of "herd immunity" will occur that will protect the very young and the elderly who are excluded from getting this vaccine. However, it is these very "at risk" populations who may suffer the most from the flu by being exposed to people who are given FluMist.An ever greater concern about FluMist is the contents within the vaccine. Each 0.5ml of the formula contains 10 6.5-7.5 particles of live, attenuated influenza virus. That means that between 10 million and 100 million viral particles will be forcefully injected into the nostrils when administered. The viral strain was developed by serial passage through "specific pathogen-free primary chick kidney cells" and then grown in "specific pathogen-free eggs." That means that the culture media was free of pathogens that were specifically tested for, but not a culture that was necessarily "pathogen-free." The risk that the vaccine may contain contaminant avian retroviruses still remains. In addition, a stabilising buffer containing potassium phosphate, sucrose (table sugar) and nearly 0.5 mg of mono sodium glutamate (MSG) is added to each dose.One of the most troubling concerns over the injection of this "chemical soup" is the potential for the viruses to enter directly into the brain. At the top of the nasal passages is a paper-thin bone called the cribriform plate. The olfactory nerves pass through this bone and line the nasal passages, carrying messenger molecules to the brain that are identified as "smells" familiar to us. The olfactory tract has long been recognised as a direct pathway to the brain. Intranasal injection of certain viruses has resulted in a serious brain infection called encephalitis, presumably by direct infection of the olfactory neurons that carried the viruses to the brain. FluMist has the potential for causing the worst, most severe flu epidemic seen in years. Parents tell their young children not to put things up their noses because they might cause them harm. It would be wise to consider that advice for adults. With all the risks involved, one should be extremely cautious about what one allows to be sprayed in one's nose."Can't wait for the non-vaccinated to be blamed for this years Flu epidemic. And now you can do it all at home.Join: @RevealedEye