In 1976 a flu vax program was stopped after just THREE deaths. Ah, but that was different!

In 1976 the U.S. saw the beginning of a new flu strain, called the "swine flu."  A vaccine was created--the normal flu shot for that season--and the government urged people to take it.  It was NOT mandatory, and no state paid people to take it, or forced them to stay home if they hadn't had it.

Two weeks after people the vax was rolled out, three elderly persons died a day after getting it.

Not three-hundred.  Three.  As in, a single digit.

Nine states immediately suspended vaccinations until it could be determined if the vax caused the deaths.  Here's the NY Times' report:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—Swine flu vaccination programs in nine states and in Pittsburgh and its suburbs were suspended today, two weeks after they began nationally, after the deaths of three elderly persons who received the vaccine yesterday at a clinic in Pittsburgh.

Federal and Pennsylvania health on cials said there was no evidence that the deaths had resulted from the vaccinations. But they also said that the highly unusual circumstances of three fatalities among the patients of one clinic in such a short time required investigation.

All three patients are known to have had heart disease, health officials said. and autopsies showed that two died of heart attacks. The family of ‘ the third patient did not permit an autopsy.

After the deaths, swine flu immuni,alions were halted throughout Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, and the Federal Center for Disease Control sent doctors to investigate.

At a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta, Dr. David J. Sencer, director of the center, said there was no evidence to suggest that the deaths had been caused by the vaccinations. Further, he said he knew of no reason for other communities to suspend their programs.

In nine states, however, health officials shut down swine flu vaccination programs until information about the Pittsburgh deaths could be clarified. These are Maine, Vermont, Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Alaska.

But of course that was decades ago, before the one party gained control of every branch of government and the Media.  Now we've seen roughly 6,000 reported deaths from the emergency-use-only vax.  So did the one-party government stop the vaccinations and investigate the cause of those deaths?

Clearly, not only didn't the stop and evaluate, but they've adopted the demand of the corrupt teachers' unions that all students must be vaccinated before the teachers will return to the classroom.  Also, the biden*harris regime has been hinting that they'll require the infamous "vaccine passport" to travel.

SO...why the huge difference between 1976 and today, eh?