[PROVE] 1,000 get possibly fake flu vaccine

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[PROVE Note: Does anybody really know what is in those vials?]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3422308

Oct. 28, 2005, 8:51AM

1,000 get possibly fake flu vaccine

By ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA

Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

More than 1,000 Exxon Mobil employees received flu shots last week with a

vaccine now being investigated by the FBI to determine its authenticity.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is testing samples of the vaccine.

The flu shots were given to about 1,000 Exxon Mobil employees and 80 contractors

during a Health Fair Oct. 19-20 at the company's Baytown complex of refinery and

chemical plants.

Jeanne , a spokeswoman for Exxon Mobil in Baytown, said a state-licensed

independent physician's office was contracted to administer the shots.

would not identify the office.

In the past, she said, a company medical team administered the flu shots to

employees at that plant.

She said the FBI notified Exxon Mobil at its corporate offices earlier this week

that it was investigating the authenticity of the vaccine.

did not know whether the investigation had been ongoing or had stemmed

from the use of the vaccine at the Baytown complex.

The FBI in Houston referred all comment to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

In a statement released Thursday, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said a

preliminary investigation does not show the vaccine to be harmful, but measures

were being taken to ensure its safety.

" Those known to have received the fake flu vaccine have been notified and steps

are being taken to ensure their well being, " he stated. " We are also attempting

to ascertain whether others might have received a fake vaccine. "

If a fake flu vaccine was used, he said, those responsible for its use will be

prosecuted for fraud.

said all 3,800 employees at the Baytown complex and contractors were

notified Wednesday.

" We have not received any reports of illness potentially related to the

vaccine, " she said.

She said Exxon Mobil also recommended that employees given the flu shot should

be tested for blood-borne pathogens, or germs.

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