Canadian Scientists Warn Against New H1N1 Vaccine Issue
Robert JonesResearchers in Canada have compiled information from the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia that appear to suggest that inoculation to combat the seasonal flu may act as a catalyst and double the chance of contracting the H1N1 flu virus, according to the Canadian Press .
So far, no other scientific group has found data to back the Canadian report. Experts claim that this is a sign that the researchers may have come across an error in their findings; maybe a statistical problem, a study bias or another methodological issue that will emerge when the study is subjected to further analysis.
What some experts now call the Canadian Problem is currently the source of a lot of confusion in the country. Some Canadian health officials are calling for a delay of the seasonal flu vaccinations until intense study of the data is carried out so it may be disproved or corroborated. Meanwhile, experts elsewhere fear that this information may add to already widespread and mostly unwarranted fears regarding H1N1 vaccination and contribute to impairing the inoculation campaigns.
During a recent conference, the director of the World Health Organization’s initiative for vaccine research, Dr. Marie-Paul Kieny, said that the group of scientists behind the data is a competent one. The study has been spearheaded by Dr.Gaston de Serres of Laval University in Quebec and Dr. Danuta Skowronski of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.
Dr. Marie-Paul Kieny said that results of the research are for now inexplicable.
An official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that they cannot corroborate the Canadian research study and that they are still recommending people obtain both vaccines.
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