Op-Ed Contributor: Nothing to Fear but the Flu Itself

() PUBLIC health officials are now battling not only a fast-spreading influenza virus but also unfounded fears about the vaccine that can prevent it. Since April, more than a million Americans have caught H1N1 flu, more than 10,000 have been hospitalized, Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct 11, 2009 - 6:24 PM PDT
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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 12, 2009

Timely & Importnat message by Paul A. Offit, the chief of the infectious diseases division of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the author of “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine and the Search for a Cure.”

In fact, subsequent studies found that infants could safely receive eight times as much mercury as is contained in the H1N1 vaccine. But the public’s perception of ... More »

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by kathryn klein - Oct. 12, 2009

This story was very informative. With continuous controversy and debate over the H1N1 virus, this article was very relevant. Readers hear many different things about this flu, so it is nice to read an article that goes over the myths of the H1N1 virus, so we can get our facts straight.

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