“Influenza: Marketing Vaccine by Marketing Disease.”
NOVANEWS
Report on Flu Vaccines in British Medical Journal
Report by John Hopkins Medical School Researcher
By Dr. Peter Doshi
British Medical Journal
The CDC pledges “To base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data, openly and objectively derived.” But Peter Doshiargues that in the case of influenza vaccinations and their marketing, this is not so.
Promotion of influenza vaccines is one of the most visible and aggressive public health policies today. Twenty years ago, in 1990, 32 million doses of influenza vaccine were available in the United States. Today around 135 million doses of influenza vaccine annually enter the US market, with vaccinations administered in drug stores, supermarkets—even some drive-throughs.
The CDC pledges “To ba...