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  • Title: Swine flu of 1976: lessons from the past. An interview with Dr Harvey V Fineberg.
    Author: Fineberg HV.
    Journal: Bull World Health Organ; 2009 Jun; 87(6):414-5. PubMed ID: 19565118.
    Abstract:
    In 1976, a late winter outbreak of swine flu at a military base in the USA led to fears of a devastating pandemic. President Gerald Ford announced a plan to vaccinate everyone in the country. By the end of the year, 40 million out of some 200 million Americans were vaccinated for the new strain, but no pandemic appeared and public health credibility suffered. Dr Harvey Fineberg tells the Bulletin why his 1978 study of that public health response is still relevant today.
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