NY Times Calls for Further Expansion of Flu Vaccine Recommendations

Responding to ACIP's recommendation earlier this week calling for flu vaccination for 2-5 year olds, the New York Times this weekend suggested expanding the recommendation ever further, increasing the production capacity potentially necessary if or when a pandemic arrives...

"Our only qualm is to wonder whether even more children should be vaccinated to protect us all from the flu bugs circulating in elementary, middle and high schools. The advisory committee seems to have limited its recommendation at least in part because of concerns that the troubled vaccine industry may not be able to meet a much higher demand. But in the long run, it would make sense to ramp up production capacity and vaccinate virtually everyone as a prelude to preparing for mass vaccinations should an influenza pandemic strike."