What problems were there with the swine flu vaccine?
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In the first ten days of the [Vaccine] program, more than one million people were vaccinated. Then, first in Pittsburgh and later elsewhere, came reports of deaths following vaccinations. A final tragedy came in December. A rare paralytic disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome was reported in a few people who had been vaccinated. It was never clear whether the syndrome was related to the swine flu vaccine, but it was clear that the program had to be suspended. The mass-immunization program ended on 16 December and was not resumed. The ...
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