Word: dutra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...head of the Massachusetts swine flu program, Tony Dutra '74, said yesterday that the second dose was "pretty much essential" for 18-to 24-year-olds...
...Dutra attributed the delay in the government decision to slow action by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a semi-independent group of vaccine experts with considerable power over the disease control center's policy...
...They have been quite lax in their duties," Dutra said, adding, "They should have come up with this before the program began...
...Dutra said the center may have downplayed the second shot because agency officials hoped the advisory committee would not insist on the booster...
...Dutra estimated that his office could "get the vaccine into people's arms" three to five weeks after swine flu appeared, which Dutra said would be "plenty of time," because even if swine flu returns it will probably do so in small, sporadic outbreaks...