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What to make of this????
Reuters ^

Posted on 10/16/2004 5:26:01 PM PDT by Seeking to remain informed

RE: Flu vaccine


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bioterrorism; flu; fluvaccine; vaccine
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An excerpt of the above mentioned article by Reuters regarding the cancellation of the flu vaccine: ...FDA inspectors have determined that Chiron's entire manufacturing process for the vaccine was unsafe and they have rejected all of the 48-odd million doses at the facility...Chiron found and reported contamination with a bacteria called Serratia, but had hoped to correct the problem in time to save most of the vaccine production. The FreeDictionary.com gives a definition of Serratia marcescens as: the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon. What do we make of this???
1 posted on 10/16/2004 5:26:01 PM PDT by Seeking to remain informed
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To: Seeking to remain informed
Well it is fairly simple. The Flu Vaccine was contaminated.
2 posted on 10/16/2004 5:27:46 PM PDT by Texasforever (Kerry has more positions on Iraq than the Kama Sutra)
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To: Seeking to remain informed

 


3 posted on 10/16/2004 5:27:51 PM PDT by Fintan (Oh...Am I supposed to read the article???)
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To: Seeking to remain informed

Well first off don't think i'll be mainlining any of that vaccine!


4 posted on 10/16/2004 5:27:59 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Seeking to remain informed
Thanks for looking that up. I had intended to research Serratia but didn't get around to it.
5 posted on 10/16/2004 5:28:06 PM PDT by steve86
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To: Seeking to remain informed

I'm I gonna need tin-foil for this thread? :->


6 posted on 10/16/2004 5:28:45 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...)
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To: traderrob6
Well first off don't think i'll be mainlining any of that vaccine!

We are all going to die of the flu and it is all Bush's fault.

7 posted on 10/16/2004 5:29:24 PM PDT by Texasforever (Kerry has more positions on Iraq than the Kama Sutra)
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To: Seeking to remain informed

Jacques Al-Qerry blamed Bush for the "Flu Vaccine Crisis", today in a speech. The possibilty of tampering never entered his mind.


8 posted on 10/16/2004 5:29:27 PM PDT by cardinal4 (John Kerry- "A Hamster Tale..")
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Humorously, gently chiding here......"what we can make of it" is that you need a refresher course in headline writing..
9 posted on 10/16/2004 5:29:35 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: Fintan

LOL!

Remember, if the grass grows too fast, it's Bush's fault.


10 posted on 10/16/2004 5:29:38 PM PDT by BlindGuardian ("You'll pay for this Captain Planet!")
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To: Seeking to remain informed

I don't think that you should consider this bioterrorism. Although S. marcescans can be an obligate pathogen, it is doubtful that it would be used to contaminate the flu vaccine.


11 posted on 10/16/2004 5:29:53 PM PDT by Misplaced Texan
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If true, it certainly lends support to Bush's argument against allowing the free flow of drugs from Canada. It also takes the wind out of Kerry's sails to the extent he's grasping at straws to somehow blame the President for the shortage. Sounds like Bush's explanation in the third debate was balls-on accurate.


12 posted on 10/16/2004 5:30:50 PM PDT by CaptainVictory
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OK fine....let's all see that he's elected so we can continue to beat up on him about it


13 posted on 10/16/2004 5:30:56 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Seeking to remain informed; the_doc; Calpernia
Serratia...has been tested as a bioweapon.

Thanks for this information. Very troubling.

14 posted on 10/16/2004 5:31:49 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (John Kerry is a GirlyManchurian Candidate.)
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To: Fintan
"It's Bush's Fault"


Thank you for giving us the official Kerry Campaign response to the contaminated Flu Vaccine issue.

Note to Kerry, "A plan is more the a litany of complaints"
15 posted on 10/16/2004 5:32:02 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Vote Bush 2004-We cannot survive a 9-10 President in a 9-11 World)
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To: BlindGuardian

LOL!

Remember, if the grass grows too fast, it's Bush's fault.



It's rain and cold here. Is that Bush's fault too?


16 posted on 10/16/2004 5:32:56 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Vote Bush 2004-We cannot survive a 9-10 President in a 9-11 World)
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To: Texasforever
I realize they were contaminated - I was refering to the last line that read..tested as a bioweapon.
17 posted on 10/16/2004 5:34:18 PM PDT by Seeking to remain informed
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To: CaptainVictory

Actually Ws argument in the debates was totally accurate. The blood sucking tort lawyers have basically sued vaccine maufacturers out of the country. You can't afford to make it here in the US because you can't make a high enough profit % to pay for your liability insurance


18 posted on 10/16/2004 5:35:29 PM PDT by traderrob6
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What do I make of this? Well we should never have forced vaccine manufacturers to sell vaccines at a price where they could never make a profit or break even. People need to realize that legislation, over-regulation, frivolous lawsuits, and confiscatory tax-codes forces a change in behavior. Our manufacturers where in a position that they stopped making the vaccines and we were force to go overseas for them. Let's predict a pattern...if we buy too many pharmaceuticals overseas, US drug companies may stop manufacturing them. Let's not be too quick for the "Canadian" option.
19 posted on 10/16/2004 5:36:31 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: MNJohnnie

OH MY GOSH!
It's ALWAYS Bush's fault!


20 posted on 10/16/2004 5:38:31 PM PDT by BlindGuardian ("You'll pay for this Captain Planet!")
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