Tag Archives: vaccines

Why can’t we have a rational discussion about the merits of pandemic flu vaccination?

August 31, 2009 – 12:02 pm

In some public health circles, it is seen as verging on cardinal sin to raise questions in public about the safety or effectiveness of vaccines. The fear is that even mentioning these issues risks lending fuel to the anti-vaccination brigade.
One problem with this view is that is inhibits a discussion that we need to have [...]

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Amidst fears about pregnancy and swine flu, don’t miss the bigger picture

July 23, 2009 – 1:51 pm

Fears about the impact of swine flu upon pregnant women are generating alarm and some confusion. And not only in Australia. In Britain, various health and medical sources have been giving the public conflicting advice, according to this report in the British Medical Journal.
Meanwhile, Professor Peter McIntyre, Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance [...]

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