RAND advises pharmaceutical company on strategies in vaccinating low-income students

Jeffry John Aufderheide
VacTRUTH
Aug. 27, 2009

The pieces of the pandemic puzzle are coming together as the H1N1 Swine Flu hysteria is reaching new heights. A largely uncovered white paper published by RAND Corporation in March of 2009, sponsored by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur, identifies parental consent laws, medical homes, and lack of access to medical records as main barriers “for immunizing low-income adolescents.” The solution proposed to Sanofi Pasteur? Turn schools into a vaccine wonderland.

The triad of barriers to mass-vaccinate adolescents which were identified in RAND Corp’s white paper are:

1. Parental Consent Laws

2. Absence of a reliable Medical Home

3. Access to vaccine registration information

There are many relevant quotes throughout the white-paper to support this claim. Here are just a few…

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