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What does the flue vaccine shortage say
about the war on terrorism? |
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My opinion by Crazy
Eddie
(10/17/04) |
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What
does the flue vaccine shortage say about the war or
terrorism and the state of our health care system? If the
Administration can not make sure that Americans have an
adequate supply of flue vaccine, which we know long in
advance what we need, then what would happen if we were hit
with a biological attack which required a large amount of
antidote or vaccine to prevent a major loss of life? If this
Administration can not provide the citizenship with an ample
supply of common flu vaccine what makes anyone believe that
they can respond to even a small bio-attack? This flu
vaccine shortage drives a dagger in the Administration’s
argument that they are best equipped to keep us safe from a
terrorist attack. |
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During
the last debate the President blamed the flue vaccine
shortage on lawsuits from lawyers. Then he blamed it on a
foreign pharmaceutical company, and then he said we were
going to get additional does of vaccine from Canada, the
same country in the previous debate the President said that
their drugs were not safe. The foreign company the
President referred to is actually an American company (based
in California) who vaccine operation was shutdown by the
British government (due to contamination), and I still
haven’t figured out why layers are the number one reason we
have a vaccine shortage. |
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This is
the second year in a row that we have had a major vaccine
shortage, I believe that the shortage is a tell tale sign of
a massive problem in our health care system. Who needs flue
vaccines? Well, doctors recommend seniors and people with
health concerns be vaccinated, I would argue that this
demographic usually has poor or no health insurance, and
that the profit from flue vaccines is pretty small compared
to other drugs. Drugs which have a high profit margin, such
as Viagra, are not in short supply. |
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This
Administration has done nothing to address the health care
crisis in this country. They have stood on the sidelines
will the cost of health care and insurance premiums have
skyrocketed, They have stood by while millions of our
citizens have been locked out from the health care system.
The quality of health care is not simply measured by the
care received but also the access to the care. |
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How can
we trust this Administration to make sure quality health
care is available to its citizens or trust them to respond
adequately to bio-terrorist attack? My friends the answer to
that question is we can not. If the Administrations lack of
action the last four years is any indication of what they
will do in the next four years; then we can expect more of
the same, lots of talk and no action. This is only one of
the many reasons we need a new President. |
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