More Info on the Flu

Peter Doshi, while at Harvard in the mid-2000s, published a study in the British Medical Journal, and an article for a popular magazine, that systematically unveils the flawed predictive science used to publicize our health agencies’ influenza statistics and mortality rates. Now at MIT, Doshi continues his analysis of a century’s worth of influenza mortality data and government manipulation of influenza data, such as the annual figure of 36,000 influenza deaths we hear and read repeatedly.[1] Doshi's claim is that commercial interests are dictating government policy.[2]

Not surprisingly, the latest Consumers Union poll released on September 30 shows almost two-thirds of parents will withhold vaccinating their children; fifty percent of respondents’ rationale is that the vaccine has not been tested thoroughly for safety.[3] The NVIC (National Vaccine Information Center) provides updated and accurate information regarding the swine flu and vaccinations.

Cf. 1. Doshi, Peter. “Viral Marketing: The Selling of the Flu Vaccine.” Harpers Magazine. March. 2006.

2. “MIT grad student’s study challenges notions of pandemic flu” MIT Tech Talk. April 16, 2008.

3. “Majority of US parents wary of H1N1 vaccine: poll” Reuters Health. October 1, 2009.