Remember The Headline "4 Die From H1N1 Vaccine"? How About the Follow-up?

I’m sure most China expats and locals remember — and often quote — last month’s “news” that four Chinese people had died after getting the H1N1 vaccine. I felt that initial story was very misleading, as it provided zero evidence of a connection and stoked nationwide fears when most likely the deaths were coincidental, not causal. And indeed, the Ministry of Health last week did announce that all 4 deaths were not from the vaccine. But how many of you actually heard that update? Not many, I fear…