Senior Investigator, Group Health Cooperative
Physician and Senior Investigator at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, Washington
PROFILE
Lisa Jackson
Guest
FROM Lisa Jackson
Which Way, L.A.?
Swine Flu: Mixed Messages and Public Anxiety This summer, Obama Administration officials said not to worry: there would be plenty of Swine Flu vaccine. The public didn't seem all that inclined to get vaccinated anyway. Now the second wave of the H1N1 Flu has arrived, but the vaccine is in short supply, and public anxiety is on the rise.
To the Point
Swine Flu: Mixed Messages and Public Anxiety Two weeks ago, swine flu vaccination was derided on television talk shows, and polls showed a lack of public interest. Then supplies began to run out. Even before the President declared an Emergency last Saturday, lines were forming. Now the government is counseling Americans not to panic. Why is there a lack of supply? Is that what's behind the increased demand? Who really needs the vaccine? Is the risk from the H1N1 virus being blown all out of proportion?
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.