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BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON RESPONSIBLE FOR INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE
EIB The Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | Dec 10, 2003

Posted on 12/10/2003 10:28:53 AM PST by Yosemitest



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To: AppyPappy
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has put a rule out that anybody that they give funding to develop a vaccine can only market that vaccine for 10% above what it costs to make it.

It doesn't give much of an incentive in rushing to find a cure fore AIDS

21 posted on 12/10/2003 10:45:19 AM PST by Mo1 (House Work, If you do it right , will kill you!)
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To: OldFriend
The vaccine makers had to destroy a few million doses of unsold vaccine last year and therefore, cut back this year.

You aren't listening. The profit is so low on flu vaccine that companies can't afford to make vast amounts before flu season.

22 posted on 12/10/2003 10:48:37 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: rs79bm
After hearing Rush suggesting Michael Jackson might be innocent because Richard Jewell was innocent.......trying to manipulate us into believing, therefore, he, Rush, innocent of the drug charges against him I have lost the last little bit of respect for him.
23 posted on 12/10/2003 10:48:41 AM PST by OldFriend (DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
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To: Mo1
I love your tag! :)
24 posted on 12/10/2003 10:48:48 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
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To: Yosemitest
Considering Hillary's socialized health care plan, this would not surprise me at all.
25 posted on 12/10/2003 10:49:27 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: AppyPappy
And that is the fault of the clinton's?
26 posted on 12/10/2003 10:52:25 AM PST by OldFriend (DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
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To: Dog Gone
it is hard to make chickens lay several hundred thousand eggs on short notice

True, but they can be "encouraged":


27 posted on 12/10/2003 10:52:36 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
ROFL
28 posted on 12/10/2003 10:53:22 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Thanks .. It from Erma Bombeck

So what is with all these callers on Rush .. They are just ripping into him ..*L*

29 posted on 12/10/2003 10:55:22 AM PST by Mo1 (House Work, If you do it right , will kill you!)
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To: Yosemitest
The Clinton's are *never* more popular than when they are the "victims" of smears.

Rush may have just bumped both of them up 5 points with this tale.

30 posted on 12/10/2003 10:56:57 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: TomGuy
LOL!

The perfect pic, at the perfect time, with the perfect caption!

31 posted on 12/10/2003 10:57:20 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: OldFriend
Oh come on, do you not believe the media is not persecuting Jackson, whether he is innocent or not?
32 posted on 12/10/2003 11:01:24 AM PST by rs79bm (Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
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To: OldFriend
Bump!

I just sent him 2 email rockets extolling the 2 ladies that called and criticized his increasing crudity. I asked him that if his mother were still alive, how would she react to his "potty mouth"?

It is obvious that he has fallen for the "psychobabble" visited upon him during his recent stint at the hospital. I'm very familiar with the routine that the psychogists follow, and his embracing of it is classic...and very misguided.

If I were he, considering his recent bout with drugs, I would be squeaky clean in my presentations. He seems to be doing exactly the opposite. He should not leave himself open to such easy critism.

He's just about lost me as a listener, which I have been since he started.

And another thing, I'm getting really tired of his "put on" laugh.
33 posted on 12/10/2003 11:02:28 AM PST by VMI70 (...but two Wrights made an airplane)
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To: Yosemitest
The vaccine won't prevent you from getting the flu that can kill. It addresses a more common flu.
34 posted on 12/10/2003 11:03:51 AM PST by nmh
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To: Yosemitest
I simply can't believe that self-infatuated, pill popping windbag anymore. He belongs in prison with Tommy Chong.


35 posted on 12/10/2003 11:03:57 AM PST by Darth Hillary
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To: OldFriend
This almost deserves a thread of it's own. Maybe it will get his attention.
36 posted on 12/10/2003 11:04:41 AM PST by VMI70 (...but two Wrights made an airplane)
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To: OldFriend
"And that is the fault of the clinton's?"

If you would back up and read repply #19 you would know why Hillary Clinton is behind this.

37 posted on 12/10/2003 11:04:47 AM PST by capt. norm (Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself...)
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To: OldFriend
Not to offend, but you can quickly turn to another station.

Rush did not just change today or last year in his live style.

You mileage may vary.



38 posted on 12/10/2003 11:10:36 AM PST by autoresponder (<html> <center> <img src="http://0access.web1000.com/HV.gif"> </center> </html> HILLARY SHOOTS!)
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To: AppyPappy
"The whole process of producing, selling and distributing flu vaccine is complicated. It not only involves manufacturers and distributors, but the World Health Organization who annually determines the formula."

So how are the Clinton's involved here?

39 posted on 12/10/2003 11:11:02 AM PST by Weimdog
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To: Yosemitest
And with no profits, we get no vaccine

I'm not sure how to take this: as sarcasm or honest belief. So at the risk of stepping on your toes let me say: 1) Pharmaceutical companies aren't in business for their health. It doesn't matter what business you're in; if a product doesn't make you one thin dime (or even ends up costing you money) after paying all expenses, why the heck bother to make it? 2) In Thomas Sowell's latest book "Applied Economics: Beyond Stage One" he states (and I'm paraphrasing here) that out of something like 5,000 compounds only about a half dozen are worth pursuing further; that it takes between $250-$800 million from start to finish to bring 1 new drug to market. Hence the "obscene" cost of $6 a pill. While I don't have the figure in hand, somehow I suspect the actually free-and-clear profit these companies make is no more "obscene" or "unconscionable" than, say, the local movie theater or grocery store...or your local MD.

(And let's not even go into how possibility/threat/expectation of law suits in today's trigger happy climate effects these prices.)

40 posted on 12/10/2003 11:11:27 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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