Rush to create swine flu vaccine?
  • 15 years ago
Heightened concern about the H1N1 Virus is causing the US government to step up its efforts to prepare for what they say will be a severe flu season. Officials seem to be in a mad dash to have a vaccine ready by that time and volunteers have already been lining up to be tested with this vaccine. Experts say that this is the first step in a campaign to vaccinate millions of people across the nation. But are these vaccines even necessary, and if there is such a rush to develop them, how safe are they? RT's Dina Gusovsky speaks to Barbara Loe Fisher, Co-founder and President of the National Vaccine Information Center.