[All time classic in the expert lie]

"All of the experts, all of the doctors, all of the pathologists, all of the people who are experts in the profession, ruled out completely the possibility of a connection between the unfortunate incidents...and the vaccination," he told reporters"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_flu_vaccines

Israeli Health Ministry OKs flu vaccine

Mon Oct 23, 5:54 PM ET
 

JERUSALEM - The Israeli Health Ministry said Monday that a French flu vaccine did not kill four people who died shortly after being inoculated, and ordered resumption of vaccinations.

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Ben-Yizri demonstrated his faith in the vaccine by getting a flu shot on live television at the end of his news conference. Ben-Yizri, 79, represents the Pensioners' Rights Party.

"All of the experts, all of the doctors, all of the pathologists, all of the people who are experts in the profession, ruled out completely the possibility of a connection between the unfortunate incidents...and the vaccination," he told reporters

An autopsy concluded that at least one death was caused by a heart attack, said Yair Amikam, a spokesman for the Health Ministry.

The four people, who were elderly and suffered from chronic illnesses, had received flu shots up to six days before their deaths, according to Alain Bernal, a spokesman for Sanofi-Aventis, the French pharmaceutical company that produced the vaccine.

The French company said it was sending experts to

Israel to study the deaths. 

Israel's Health Ministry halted the administration of flu vaccines on Sunday after three of the deaths were reported.