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Wednesday's Story of the Day on plans for vaccination against the H1N1 strain of influenza saw a public health follow-up on CBS. In-house physician Jon LaPook worried that "in recent years a backlash against vaccines has picked up steam." He warned that many children will not get their shots because of unfounded fears of autism and fears that the vaccine "could be rushed to market without enough proof it is safe." LaPook's anchor Katie Couric followed up with an interview with Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. What are the odds that the swine 'flu will mutate and become yet more dangerous? "We have teams on the ground in South America, in Central America, in Australia watching very carefully and so far there is not a mutation."
NBC's Adrenne Mong filed a follow-up from Beijing on Tuesday's story about the 'flu that ruined some students' summer trip. "They spent 13 out of 17 days on their vacation in China in quarantine." Now homeward bound to Oregon, at least they could fit in a sightseeing tour of the Summer Palace en route to the airport.
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