21 Dec 2013
The Boston Globe
Silencing vaccine concerns does public a disservice
A RECENT Katie Couric talk show featured mothers who had good reason to
believe that their daughters were seriously damaged or killed by
adverse effects of vaccines intended to
block HPV infection as well as an immunologist who highlighted the
shortcomings of the vaccines. Despite the importance of this information
to the public, the Globe chose to castigate Couric for exposing
potential harm from vaccination (“Couric: Fanning fears of HPV vaccine,”
Editorial, Dec. 12).
RICHARD C. DETH writes: With the
population-wide administration of vaccines, it is absolutely critical to
appreciate their limitations and their potential for harm in vulnerable
individuals. Suppressing awareness of these limitations is a disservice
to the public and serves to undermine confidence in vaccine benefits.
The writer is a professor of pharmacology at Northeastern University.
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