| With that said, squalene is not an approved adjuvant in the U.S. and none of the vaccines currently available in the U.S. for H1N1 flu contain it. Adjuvanted vaccine is being used in Europe, though I don't know what adjuvant was chosen.
I'm always amused by the squalene antibody studies given that many people with joint disorders have antibodies to squalene.
Yes, the multi-dose vials of H1N1 vaccine contain thimerosol. Seasonal influenza vaccines also contain thimerosol. If you want thimerosol-free H1N1 vaccine, request either the nasal spray version or the injectable in the pre-filled syringes. Neither of those products contain thimerosol.
Yes, we (Public Health in the U.S.) are stepping up surveillance for Guillan-Barre Syndrome (GBS). Here's the thing: It's ALREADY a reportable disease. However, since there is no lab test for it (diagnosis is based on symptoms and a series of negative tests for other things), it is rarely reported to public health departments. Since we want to be able to detect any increase in GBS and determine if there is any correlation to H1N1 vaccination status, we are now pursuing active surveillance methods. In my state that means contacting ALL neurologists' offices, all EMG clinics each week asking if they have diagnosed any new cases of GBS. We also have hospital medical records departments querying their data for the ICD-9 diagnosis code for GBS. Yes, this means we'll be detecting some cases that we'd have otherwise missed using only passive surveillance alone, but that's acceptable. If there is a problem, we'd rather identify it sooner rather than later.
As far as safety testing goes, this vaccine did get tested more than seasonal flu vaccine is tested. Ordinarily seasonal flu vaccine isn't tested at all. It's produced in the same way, using the same methods that have been used to produce it for decades. It passes various quality checks, but isn't safety tested. Those safety tests were part of the intial vaccine production testing when influenza vaccine was first licensed by FDA. (Same process works for aspirin and other meds. It's not been safety tested since it was first approved either.)
Were there specific questions you had? It's not a bad article until the bits about squalene, thimerosol and anything that Dr. Mercola says. (For more from Dr. Mercola, peruse his article on the hazards of microwave ovens.) Anything after that is mostly soundbites taken out of context and can be easily debunked. | 
