It's one thing to report that "some people have side effects". It's another to correctly assess the magnitude of the problem, doing epidemiologist studies on a

It's one thing to report that "some people have side effects". It's another to correctly assess the magnitude of the problem, doing epidemiologist studies on a national scale, making sure all doctors report the problem, understanding why it took so long to surface, why the pharmaceutical studies didn't report them... Basically, admitting the public recommendation of getting a shot wasn't adequate to a certain public, do a grown up post-mortem of that recommendation, and compensate the victims.