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Welcome vaccination

The announcement yesterday from the Scottish Government that young children are to be vaccinated en masse against swine flu will draw different responses from parents.

Some will be relieved that their offspring will be protected from the illness that has begun to spread through nurseries. Some may consider the illness too mild to warrant an immunisation programme, the first of its kind for small children in Scotland.