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Critiquing a flu-vaccine story

Posted on July 16, 2008

I missed this item when it appeared in Media Doctor Canada last month, but better late than never: New bird flu vaccine looks promising. The Media Doctor summarizes the news story, provides a link to it, and then does a thorough dissection. Excerpt:While this new vaccine is considered an asset to our preparation for a potential bird flu pandemic, its recent discovery makes it difficult to report on both treatment cost and availability. After reading this story, readers are left to question how the new cell-based vaccine ranks again the older egg-based one. While the article does compare the pr...

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