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Conscientious Objector: School Vaccination Investigation
A large number of parents are refusing to get their kids vaccinated for some of the most deadly diseases. State health experts didn’t know of the serve problem until the numbers told them. The numbers revealed that a “71% spike in the number of conscientious objections in the past five years”. This has left the administrative and parents asking questions that don’t have answers.
Tags: immunization records; school district; health; public; vaccine; wellness; swine flu; H1N1; outbreak
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"Faces of a Health Crisis: L.A. County's Swine Flu Victims"
The Neon Tommy team takes a look at the people directly affected by the H1N1 virus in L.A. County to find out exactly who was dying from the virus and why. In a review of 44 death certificates, the team found that 22 of the deceased had no "preexisting conditions" before contracting the H1N1 virus. They also found that the majority of those who died from H1N1 were women.
Tags: H1N1; Swine Flu; Los Angeles County; Annenberg Digital News; USC; pre-existing conditions
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Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?
"This exclusive, original investigation dug deep into the hype over H1N1, and the government's controversial decision to stop tracking swine flu cases in mid-summer. The swine flu was not nearly as prevalent as the government reported. In fact, the investigation revealed that the vast majority of illnesses attributed to the swine flu epidemic were not even flu at all." So, almost everyone who was diagnosed with swine flu didn't have it. The implications of the results are tremendous and have serious consequences.
Tags: Swine flu; H1N1; Centers for Disease Control; CDC; FOIA