Word: flu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...half a million shots and (with an eye to public relations) allocated most of the vaccine to meet civilian demand. Philadelphia's National Drug Co. was ready with 260,000 straight anti-Asian shots, plus 60,000 shots of polyvalent vaccine, compounded for use against three types of flu recently current, including the Asian. Lederle Laboratories of Pearl River, N.Y. had churned out 180,000 doses, set aside half for the armed forces (which will do their own testing, thus hold up distribution for a while), put up the other half immediately for top-priority civilian use. Lederle...
...Precautions. To be on guard, the American Hospital Association advised all hospitals to inoculate their staffs as soon as possible, and (though there is no curative treatment for the influenza itself) to lay in ample stocks of antibiotics, oxygen and other supplies to combat such frequent flu complications as pneumonia. Toughest recommendation of all: hospitals should lay down firm admission policies before the epidemic strikes, announce that uncomplicated cases of flu cannot be admitted...
Even aging (79) but vigorous President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was sick,* his throat inflamed from an attack of the flu. Also down: Jorge Torreblanca, the Minister of Health...
...only so much vaccine available for seeding; it will grow only at its naturally appointed speed (in fertilized eggs). So, even with their crash program, the manufacturers can promise only 8,000,000 shots of vaccine by mid-September. After that, cooler weather is expected to send the flu rate soaring...
...Many Shots? For those who can get it, the vaccine will probably cost $1 (in bulk military orders it costs only 20? to 40?), plus doctor's fees. One shot should trigger the production of protective antibodies in ten to 14 days. Because single shots of flu vaccines are usually effective in only 70% of cases, the armed forces like to give a second shot. In this case, because of short supply, their second shots will probably have to wait. The six manufacturers aim to produce 60 million...