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Flu jabs: shifting targets from mortality to (short-term) money?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by PinkPolitika

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has now confirmed that a majority of pregnant women have not had flu jabs:  more than 70% remain unvaccinated.   Given the low immunity and raised vulnerability of this women expecting babies this is a very serious concern. In past … Continue reading →

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In fear of livelihoods; or only of luncheon? Some inequalities do justify shroud-waving

Posted on January 2, 2011 by PinkPolitika

‘Some of us are in fear of our livelihoods; others only of our luncheon.’ Thus, with beguiling directness, wrote Matthew Parris in his Times article yesterday (1 January 2011:  ‘Don’t kid yourselves. There must be victims’). ‘We are not … … Continue reading →

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