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Source: http://fox13now.com/2013/11/22/utah-mother-says-her-son-died-due-to-flu-shot/
Utah mother says her son died due to flu shot
Posted on: 10:06 pm, November 22, 2013, by Gene Kennedy
SANDY, Utah –A Brighton High School graduate is dead and his mother believes it’s because of a flu shot.
Lori Webb is beyond grateful to the doctors who tried to save her son, and she said even they can’t agree on what killed 19-year-old Chandler Webb.
She said his health unraveled right after a flu shot. If that’s what killed him, health officials said it would be a first in Utah...
...Doctor Allyn Nakashima is the state epidemiologist and is aware of Chandler’s case. Health officials said, as far they know, there’s never been a death in Utah due to the flu vaccine but Dr. Nakashima said it is possible.
“We certainly have seen associations of encephalitis or encephalitis type illness following flu vaccine,” Nakashima said. “It’s very rare, and we can’t necessarily say there’s a cause and effect here, we can say there’s an association.”...
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Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...laims-flu-shot-caused-teenage-sons-death.html
Utah woman claims flu shot caused teenage son's death
By Andrew Adams, Deseret News
Published: Friday, Nov. 22 2013 6:55 p.m. MST
Updated: 10 hours ago
...Another state health official late Friday offered a statement.
“Our epidemiology staff have commented that although they have no evidence of a flu vaccine, or any other kind of vaccine, causing this type of reaction/outcome, they take these reports very seriously and they are thoroughly investigated by the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention),” the statement read.
Webb admitted to reporters that not even all the neurologists on her son’s team agree to blame the flu shot, but she also said every test for a disease came up negative...
Utah mother says her son died due to flu shot
Posted on: 10:06 pm, November 22, 2013, by Gene Kennedy
SANDY, Utah –A Brighton High School graduate is dead and his mother believes it’s because of a flu shot.
Lori Webb is beyond grateful to the doctors who tried to save her son, and she said even they can’t agree on what killed 19-year-old Chandler Webb.
She said his health unraveled right after a flu shot. If that’s what killed him, health officials said it would be a first in Utah...
...Doctor Allyn Nakashima is the state epidemiologist and is aware of Chandler’s case. Health officials said, as far they know, there’s never been a death in Utah due to the flu vaccine but Dr. Nakashima said it is possible.
“We certainly have seen associations of encephalitis or encephalitis type illness following flu vaccine,” Nakashima said. “It’s very rare, and we can’t necessarily say there’s a cause and effect here, we can say there’s an association.”...
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Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...laims-flu-shot-caused-teenage-sons-death.html
Utah woman claims flu shot caused teenage son's death
By Andrew Adams, Deseret News
Published: Friday, Nov. 22 2013 6:55 p.m. MST
Updated: 10 hours ago
...Another state health official late Friday offered a statement.
“Our epidemiology staff have commented that although they have no evidence of a flu vaccine, or any other kind of vaccine, causing this type of reaction/outcome, they take these reports very seriously and they are thoroughly investigated by the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention),” the statement read.
Webb admitted to reporters that not even all the neurologists on her son’s team agree to blame the flu shot, but she also said every test for a disease came up negative...