Here's an article in the New York Times trying to dispel some public fear about the H1N1 flu vaccine (and, really, vaccines in general). Their main point is essentially that negative health events happen all the time, and just because one of those occurs after getting the vaccine does not mean it's linked. (They also talk a bit about the swine flu vaccine disaster of 1976 - for those of us reading The Swine Flu Affair it's an interesting perspective) The Associated Press published a similar story, also explaining that not all adverse health events are linked to the vaccine just because they occur shortly after, and also spending more time detailing government tracking. Finally, ABC and other news agencies are playing up the fact that "swine flu causes heart attacks but vaccine protects." Normally the press tends to be the fear-mongers and nay-sayers (negative news gets more of an audience than positive), but now they are taking a larger role in dispelling rumors and convincing people to get the vaccine. It will be interesting to see how the swine flu vaccine plays out this time around, and how the press continues to react.