Public health services worry that even people belonging to risk groups might miss out because of narcolepsy concerns.
While the seasonal flu jab comes with the H1N1 vaccine this time as well, it does not feature the agent suspected of causing narcolepsy, says the city of Oulu’s chief physician, Tero Heikkinen.
“I would say that the fear is certainly baseless, in the sense that problems with narcolepsy should not, in all likelihood, emerge in connection with this vaccine,” Heikkinen says.