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Originally Posted by Ashartus
Hopefully there is at least some review before the seasonal vaccination becomes available.
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Agreed, you would hope that there would be a significant critical review before implementing the findings into policy. You would hope ...
Ontario jumping the gun a bit here IMO. I've never ever heard of a health policy changed over an unpublished article.
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Ontario says it is changing its approach to seasonal flu vaccine administration this year in part because of unpublished data that suggest the seasonal shot might raise the risk of catching swine flu.
Dr. Arlene King, the province's chief medical officer of health, says people 65 and older, who aren't at great risk of catching swine flu, will be offered seasonal flu vaccine in October.
But the seasonal flu won't be offered to younger people in Canada's most populous province until after they are first offered the vaccine for swine flu, which is likely to happen in November.
King says the unpublished study was clearly a factor in the decision to change the sequence of the vaccination program.
That study, based on research ongoing in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, suggests that people who have received seasonal flu shots last year may be at greater risk of catching H1N1 flu this year.
While the study is still being peer-reviewed in an unnamed journal, King said it had a direct influence on the policy for this year's flu vaccination program in Ontario.
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