This fact was not known to the elderly lady overheard on a Glasgow bus this week who told her pal it was odd that her doc, giving the swine flu jab, asked if she was allergic to eggs.
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Ham-strung - The Diary, 25 November 2009
The H1N1 swine flu vaccine should not be taken if you are allergic to eggs as the vaccine is produced in chicken eggs and thus contains traces of egg protein.
