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2009 Nov 25 – The Emotional Epidemiology of H1N1 Influenza Vaccination

Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D.Published at www.nejm.org November 25, 2009
Last spring, when 2009 H1N1 influenza first came to our attention, my patients were in a panic. Our clinic was flooded with calls and walk-in patients, all with the same question: "When will there be a vaccine?"

It was all so new then, and we didn’t have an answer. That lack of answer seemed to fuel anxiety to a fever pitch. A substantial cohort of my patients continued calling, almost on a weekly basis, to ask about the vaccine.

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