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University of Toronto

Availability of vaccine no guarantee public will want it

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 20th, 2009

Just because a vaccine is available doesn't mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new UofT research published amid widespread public confusion around the merit of H1N1 flu shots.

The research - which looked at acceptability of potential future HIV vaccinations among high-risk adults in Los Angeles - shows many factors come into play when a person is deciding whether or not be vaccinated.

"As we can see in the current climate of confusion around H1N1 flu shots, the availability of a vaccination alone is not enough to encourage people to be inoculated," says lead author Peter A. Newman, associate professor at UofT's Factor-Inwentash...

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