The H1N1 vaccine race: Can we beat the pandemic? | CMAJ Editorial, 2009-08.
A criticism of Health Canada’s decision to supply the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine to all of the Canadian population, instead of giving priority to the immunization of vulnerable populations, considered to have higher mortality risk.
In the news:
Doctors, Ottawa clash over vaccine | Globe and Mail, 2009-09-02.
H1N1 flu vaccine is a “eugenics weapon”: Quebec ex-MD/conspiracy theorist – Canadian Medicine.
The problem with conspiracy theorists is that they think that someone is in control of what happens on planet Earth.
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Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg First to Decode Genetic Makeup of Mexican and Canadian H1N1 Flu Viruses – Public Health Agency of Canada.
Canadian scientists have decoded the genetic makeup of the influenza A, H1N1 virus. The virus in Mexico and the virus in Canada are genetically the same, so other factors must explain the difference in swine flu mortality between the two countries.
A group of 25 students from Montreal are quarantined in a hotel in northern China because of the fear of swine flu. They went to China to learn Mandarin. [Radio-Canada.ca]
How to consult a doctor in Mandarin – flu, fever, stomach ache, cough, sore throat…
Confirmed Influenza A(H1N1) (swine flu) cases on Google Maps created by CBC news.
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