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1976 Swine Flu Vaccination via Jet Injector

submitted by ccondayan on November 12, 2009
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Use of a jet injector during the 1976 New Jersey Influenza A immunization project. 45 million adults in the United States received a vaccine containing the A/New Jersey/76 influenzavirus ("swine flu" virus).

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  1. avatar Garth Hogan makes this comment

    Thu Nov 12 15:50:13 2009

    Has anyone ever gotten a shot from one of these? Do they hurt?

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