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April 21, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Increase in Flu Vaccine Shots"
Palmerston North Evening Standard (NZ) (www.nabspace.co.nz/evestd.htm)
(04/17/03)
The MidCentral Health region of New Zealand has seen an increase in the number of people receiving influenza inoculations. The spike may be attributed to a mistaken notion that the vaccine will offer protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome. Doctors practicing manager Joanne Waayer suspects that greater drug company promotion about the vaccines played a key factor in the increase. People are also being vaccinated at work when doctors visit.
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