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Flu related information
Nov. 1st, 2004 07:47 am
The "Really?" column in the New York Times Science section is great. This is a timely article:
REALLY?
The Claim: The Flu Vaccine Can Give You a Case of Influenza
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
THE FACTS With the start of the flu season just weeks away, the rush to get vaccinated has begun. This year the nation faces a severe shortage of vaccine, leading health officials to urge Americans to reserve flu shots for people at highest risk.
These include very young children, adults 65 and older, people with chronic medical disorders and health care workers. The shortage was caused when the British government temporarily suspended the license of the Chiron Corporation to make the flu vaccine.
But even those who need immunization most are sometimes reluctant to get it, experts say, in part because of unfounded fears that the virus used to manufacture the vaccine can cause influenza. While some people who get flu vaccinations coincidentally come down with other respiratory illnesses or contract influenza before immunity has kicked in, the flu shot itself is not to blame.
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REALLY?
The Claim: The Flu Vaccine Can Give You a Case of Influenza
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
THE FACTS With the start of the flu season just weeks away, the rush to get vaccinated has begun. This year the nation faces a severe shortage of vaccine, leading health officials to urge Americans to reserve flu shots for people at highest risk.
These include very young children, adults 65 and older, people with chronic medical disorders and health care workers. The shortage was caused when the British government temporarily suspended the license of the Chiron Corporation to make the flu vaccine.
But even those who need immunization most are sometimes reluctant to get it, experts say, in part because of unfounded fears that the virus used to manufacture the vaccine can cause influenza. While some people who get flu vaccinations coincidentally come down with other respiratory illnesses or contract influenza before immunity has kicked in, the flu shot itself is not to blame.
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