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For now, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Branswell that preliminary data from a U.S. study shows no lessening of effect when seasonal and swine flu vaccines are taken at the same time.

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As Branswell reported after speaking with David Wood, coordinator of the quality, safety, and standards team of WHO's department of immunization, vaccines, and biologicals: "But if the Canadian results are due to some statistical flaws or selection biases, no one on the 4 ½ hour teleconference was able to put a finger on what exactly the problem is, Wood acknowledged."

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Wood, said Branswell, "admitted there may not be a satisfactory answer to that puzzle in the foreseeable future."

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And if you have Windows Media Player and you'd like to check out the accuracy of my Helen Branswell quote, you can view a presentation at the Wilson Center that features Branswell along with Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.

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And they "have to date been reluctant to support what many see as a bid by government to meddle in their affairs," Branswell says.

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"The path of the virus remains as impossible to predict now as it was when it first emerged, he said," according to the news service (Branswell, 1/14).

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The CMAJ editors "suggested the outbreak, the largest since 2005 in a country where polio is not endemic, serves as a reminder that until polio is eradicated, the risk of renewed spread remains," the news service adds (Branswell, 6/23).

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"The path of the virus remains as impossible to predict now as it was when it first emerged, he said," according to the news service (Branswell, 1/14).

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And, Branswell says that industry results of pig flu tests are kept confidential.

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The problem, Branswell writes, is that the pork industry is reluctant to share data with human health officials.

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