Swine Flu Info from Greg

sfgate's running a brief article on it today.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/25/MN0P19DG5T.DTL

here's the awesome google flu trends app. watch out for january!

http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/

here's also the official CDC page regarding thimerosal. Note paragraph 4.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/updates/thimerosal.htm

However, evidence from several studies examining trends in vaccine use and changes in autism frequency does not support such an association. Furthermore, a scientific review * by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that "the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism." CDC supports the IOM conclusion.