SchaferAutismReport: AP Poll: Third of Parents Oppose Swine Flu Vaccine

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PUBLIC HEALTH

AP Poll: Third of Parents Oppose

Swine Flu Vaccine

By Mike Stobbe, AP. is.gd/47GEk

NOTE: The vaccine-autism injury argument

promoted by some autism advocates seems to be gaining traction with the

general public. – LS.

As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses

the country, more than a third of parents don't want their kids vaccinated,

according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

Some parents say they are concerned about side

effects from the new vaccine — even though nothing serious has turned up in

tests so far — while others say swine flu doesn't amount to any greater

health threat than seasonal flu.

Jackie Shea of Newtown, Conn., the mother of a

5-year-old boy named Emmett, says the vaccine is too new and too untested.

" I will not be first in line in October

to get him vaccinated, " she said in an interview last month. " We're

talking about putting an unknown into him. I can't do that. "

The AP poll found that 38 percent of parents

said they were unlikely to give permission for their kids to be vaccinated at

school.

The belief that the new vaccine could be risky

is one federal health officials have been fighting from the start, and they

plan an unprecedented system of monitoring for side effects.

They note that swine flu vaccine is made the

same way as seasonal flu vaccines that have been used for years. And no scary

side effects have turned up in tests on volunteers, including children.

On Wednesday, Health and Human Services

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed for widespread inoculation against swine

flu, vouching unconditionally for the vaccine: " We know it's safe and

secure. "

The AP poll, conducted Oct. 1-5, found 72

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