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Updated Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:20 pm TWN, The China Post news staff



	Doctor Liu Jin-cheng, right, refutes the Centers for Disease Control's statement that his child's death had nothing to do with the H1N1 flu vaccination, at the 2011 National Epidemic Prevention Conference held in Taipei, yesterday. (CNA) Enlarge Photo

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Doctor reiterates belief that H1N1 vaccine killed his son

The China Post news staff -- A doctor whose son died 33 days after receiving a H1N1 flu vaccine 15 months ago stressed disbelief yesterday over the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) allegations that his son's death was not related with the vaccination.

Liu Jin-cheng, a doctor serving at a hospital in the Wuchi District of Taichung City, made the remarks at the 2011 National Epidemic Prevention Conference organized by the CDC under the Cabinet-level Department of Health (DOH).

Liu said he personally took care of his child in the 33 days after receiving the vaccination, and therefore very well knew the disease of the child. “Over the past 15 months, I haven't persuaded myself to believe that my son's death was caused by the parvovirus B19, rather than by the injection of H1N1 flu vaccine, as alleged by the CDC.”

At yesterday's conference, the doctor showed an official examination report issued by the U.S. health authority on the cause of his son's death, saying that there exist great discrepancy between the CDC and the U.S. health authority concerning the issue.

Liu also criticized the DOH's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) as having failed to take the same stance as the public on the H1N1 flu vaccination, making it difficult for the public to respond positively to the government's call to receive the vaccine.

In response, Su Yi-jen, former CDC director general and now Vice President of National Cheng Kung University Hospital, said that after the CDC laboratory found parvovirus B19 inside the body of Liu's child, he tried to inform prosecutors of the finding. But prosecutors asked him not to publicize the finding on grounds that the cause of death was still under investigation at the time.

Su said that he suspected the death of Liu's child to be associated with the use of a massive amount of steroid during the treatment process.

But Liu denied after the conference that his son received too much steroid.

At the conference, some participants called for the CDC to make well-rounded planning and preparations before kicking off flu vaccination campaigns in the future.

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Comments

March 29, 2011 klfranck@

"At the conference, some participants called for the CDC to make well-rounded planning and preparations before kicking off flu vaccination campaigns in the future.".........I guess that we take for granted that they would do this in the first place!

March 29, 2011 nancy.maclaine@

@ klfranck: You haven't been paying much attention to the CDC lately , have you? Never take their interest in the public good for granted. It's patchy at best.