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The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease
of Agriculture to discuss swine flu in man and pigs and methods of control
March 1977
11 – Califano convenes an ad hoc, advisory panel to make suggestions and recommendations on flu vaccine policy for the next year; at end of all-day meeting, the group concludes that only high risk group or those with important occupations (70 million in all) should be targets for flu vaccination next winter; vaccine will immunize against Victoria flu; swine flu vaccine is not recommended
