Re: Children in England to get flu vaccine at age 2 years from September
This news item needs to be corrected. The title talks of FLU. The text is about ROTAVIRUS. The two infections may be difficult to distinguish clinically. But, for heaven's sake, at least the BMJ should not be slipshod.
Tell the parents that the immunisation is for ROTAVIRUS.
The news item goes on to say that meningitis booster is to be shifted from age FOUR months to age TWELVE years. Why? A realisation that at four months the body does not need a booster? Or, that at FOUR months the immunogenic capacity of the body is too limited ?
The Chief Medical Officers of the United Kingdom ought to tell us. Otherwise, we will lose faith in our guides, philosophers and friends.
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Re: Children in England to get flu vaccine at age 2 years from September
This news item needs to be corrected. The title talks of FLU. The text is about ROTAVIRUS. The two infections may be difficult to distinguish clinically. But, for heaven's sake, at least the BMJ should not be slipshod.
Tell the parents that the immunisation is for ROTAVIRUS.
The news item goes on to say that meningitis booster is to be shifted from age FOUR months to age TWELVE years. Why? A realisation that at four months the body does not need a booster? Or, that at FOUR months the immunogenic capacity of the body is too limited ?
The Chief Medical Officers of the United Kingdom ought to tell us. Otherwise, we will lose faith in our guides, philosophers and friends.
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