Word: swine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MANY CYNICAL Americans viewed the swine flu program as a Presidential election-year ploy. It may have been that, but the politics of the program ran far deeper. The Federal health establishment, even those advisers with no stake in a Republican victory, supported the program enthusiastically...
This small group of men supported the swine flu decision, and, having committed themselves to it, did not waver. A few state officials dissented, but the vaccine establishment controls substantial amounts of public health funds; the establishment's decision will never be proved wrong--there might have been an epidemic--and it would have been politically foolish to argue. So few public health officials insisted that consumer representatives have a major voice in the decisionmaking. No one objected when the four drug companies that would profit from the program played such a major role in its planning...
...Morris did not get into serious trouble until he attacked the swine flu program, charging that it would probably not work and might be very dangerous. Morris's boss asked a panel of vaccine experts--many of whom Morris had frequently criticized--to evaluate Morris's performance as a scientist. The panel concluded that most of Morris's experiments were "either not relevant...or...poorly designed and implemented...
...SWINE FLU fiasco has seriously affected immunization programs for other diseases. This year reported measles cases have been 64 per cent higher than in 1975, and next year the statistic undoubtedly will increase. The diversion of resources to the flu program, and the bad publicity justifiably associated with it, are at least partly to blame...
...such an outbreak occurred, the swine flu program--and its government and industry apologists--would have to shoulder much of the blame. A planned initiative to boost immunization levels was set aside this year, as funds, personnel and attention were diverted to the swine flu program. In addition, many people have justifiably grown more skeptical of the wisdom of the vaccine establishment. If this skepticism leads them to shun all vaccines, the swine flu disaster will have been far more tragic than laughable.CrimsonLaura J. LevineSwine flu Shots: Bogus or Legitimate...