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...There is no medical evidence to justify a mass program,” Tony Dutra ’74, head of the Massachusetts swine flu project, said yesterday...
Clinical trials this summer showed the swine flu vaccine to be considerably less effective among young adults than among older people. The vaccine successfully produced antibodies in about 50 percent of subjects under 25, compared to a success rate of 70 to 90 percent in the older population...
Postel said that the clinic is recommending immunization as a “general public health measure,” but that it might be “reasonable” for an individual student to postpone vaccination until—and unless—swine flu reappears. When asked whether such a position might discourage student response, Postel said, “You’re not kidding it will...
...swine flu program has been shrouded in controversy from its inception. Last March, President Ford recommended a crash program to vaccinate “each and every American” against swine flu, after one soldier died in an isolated outbreak of the disease at Fort...
Sidney Wolfe of the HRG said this summer, “The major disease in the U.S. this year related to Fort Dix will not be swine flu but, rather, swine flu vaccine disease.” The Lancet, a respected British medical journal, concluded that the swine flu virus “seemed to be not very good at infecting man and may have died out as a result” and implied that the U.S. response to a minimal danger,” and suggested that the government stockpile the vaccine and administer it only if swine...