Teenager Diagnosed With Guillain-Barre syndrome After Flu Shot

With the Courier Journals everyday push of the H1N1 vaccine, I guess they have looked over the news of Jordan McFarland, a 14 year old athlete from Virginia diagnosed at Inova Fairfax Hospital with Guillain-Barre syndrome hours after receiving a swine flu shot. “Connin and Jordan’s father, Calvin McFarland, both 38, believe the shot sparked the illness that came on 18 hours after the boy’s vaccination,” reports MSNBC.

Dr. Claudia J. Vellozzi, deputy director for immunization safety, says Jordan is the 6th case this year of GBS, noting that many cases go unreported. Dr. Vellozzi also stated there was "no clear link between the new vaccine and the disease," despite the vaccines own insert clearly states GBS as a side effect.