The Lancet Infectious Disease
Dec 2009  Volume 9  Number 12   Pages 719 – 796
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

Leading Edge
Vaccine safety: informing the misinformed
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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At the time of going to press, the first major vaccination campaigns to prevent pandemic H1N1 are getting underway. The vaccine might not have been ready in quite the volume hoped; nonetheless, for the production of vaccine in any substantial quantity in such a short time while still providing seasonal vaccine, those involved—the scientist, the pharmaceutical companies, and the chickens that laid the millions of eggs used—should be applauded.