Pandemrix: why was the public not told of vaccine warning signs?

摘要

In 2009, the World Health Organization declared H1N1 influenza a pandemic, and by October 2009 new vaccines were being rolled out across the world. Prominent organisations, including the Department of Health for England, BMA, and Royal College of General Practitioners, were working hard to convince a reluctant NHS workforce to get vaccinated. "We fully support the swine flu vaccination programme ... The vaccine has been thoroughly tested," they declared in a joint statement.