The US Media and the Revised US Influenza Immunisation Schedules

The US media have rediscovered the Cochrane influenza vaccine reviews - why?

Tom was recently contacted by the Washington Post, CBS News and the Boston Globe. Fame at long last!!!

The reporters requested comments on an HHS document dated 2 January titled Assessment of the U.S. Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule Compared to Other Countries.

The three media outlets all more or less asked the same question:

“I’m reaching out b/c today I covered the HHS announcement about changing vaccine recommendations – and noticed they cited some of your work in their justification for changing the flu vaccine recommendations. Wondering whether you have any thoughts on that you’d like to share? How do you feel about their interpretation of your work?”

Here is an archived copy of the POST piece.

CBS News, to our knowledge, did not write or broadcast a similar piece.

Tom was not aware of the HHS document, but his work attracted attention because the section on influenza cited his Cochrane reviews on the evidence for influenza vaccines. The HHS document apparently examines …