Whom to believe? And when? Just hours after many U.S. journalists trumpeted that there will be plenty of flu vaccine for this winter comes the announcement that there will be a tremendous shortfall because of production problems.
Troublesome government proclamations on flu vaccine campaigns go back at least as far as President Ford's swine flu crusade.
Journalists must exercise their normal, healthy skepticism and critical inquiry in health news.
Posted by schwitz at October 6, 2004 08:46 AMJournalists aren't the only ones who should exercise skepticism.
When I interviewed him, Larry Altman said readers should bring skepticism, but not cynicism, to everything they read -- medical journals, newspapers, magazines -- everything.
How do readers learn skepticism??
Posted by: Marilyn Meinke-Murphy at October 6, 2004 09:51 AM