October 28, 2020
South Korea reports that 48 people recently have died after getting flu shots, but said it would carry on with the state-run vaccination program anyway because it found no direct link between the deaths and the shots. South Korea ordered a fifth more flu vaccines this year to ward off what it calls a “twindemic”, or the prospect that people with flu develop coronavirus complications and overburden hospitals in winter. The Korean Medical Association, an influential group of doctors, urged the government to halt all inoculation programs for now, to ensure the vaccines were safe, but the government has refused. Singapore is the first country to temporarily halt the use of the two influenza vaccines as a precaution while their health agency is investigating. -GEG
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