Posted on 02/29/2020 2:02:17 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
OCT. 20, 2004: Amid national reports of a looming shortage of flu vaccines, Gov. Rod Blagojevich pursues buying overseas vaccines.
Stymied by federal regulators who wouldn't allow the unapproved drugs into the country, the Democratic governor was stuck with a $2.6 million bill for medicine expiring in refrigerators on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Critics accused him of grandstanding, debates emerged over whether to pay and Blagojevich searched for someplace that could use the vaccine.
It turns out, Pakistani officials say, the vaccines never helped anyone.
Instead, health authorities in Pakistan crushed and burned the half-million doses because they wouldn't give their people an expired vaccine, according to interviews and government records.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEDj7ZbS8SLNixonyUh-118oqFwgEKg4IACoGCAowlPVUMLXBDDDRoYYD?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
-—good —maybe it has soaked through their thick heads that the “White House” can’t micro-manage every governmental entity right down to townships and that there is such a thing as local responsibility-—
Constitutionally, unless it’s a bona fide national emergency, the feds have no authority to meddle in healthcare, vaccines, or the like,
*** Instead, health authorities in Pakistan crushed and burned the half-million doses because they wouldn’t give their people an expired vaccine, according to interviews and government records. ***
I was in BiH during the war in the 90’s. All the donated humanitarian med’s from the US I saw were expired.
And who is the white house relying upon?? Grandstanding idiots trying to maintain a political hoax in the face of a public health crisis.
Toss Rod’s ass back in the can.
Sadly, since the ‘90’s, Pakistan has spiraled deeper into the conspiracy theory cyclone. Many don’t receive Polio vaccines because they believe that it’s a Western ploy to sterilize Muslims, and I believe that mindset is probably what was behind the destruction of those vaccines.
Or, “destruction”, because as stated, there is a huge black market in Pakistan.
Why would I want to trust vaccines made in Pakistan??????
All the donated humanitarian med’s from the US I saw were expired
The FDA has a procedure for testing and extending the expiration date.
Toss Rod’s ass back in the can.
For this and many other stupid stunts, like starting a state-funded R&D stemcell operation with funds from the state pension system. I saw a pay schedule for the board of directors... $$$ for nothing.
And nothing was ever produced.
Gov. Hot Dog’s latest medical stunt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-07-18-0507180223-story.html
For that flog the SOB! Cost less than a fancy jail.
For horse-trading a senate position, a slap on the wrist, maybe.
Why would I want to trust vaccines made in Pakistan??????
IIRC the vaccine was produced in Scotland.
I was recently surprised to discover that a prescription I had was MADE IN CHINA!
There are approximately 650 companies operating in the Pakistani Pharmaceutical market, out of which less than 30 are multinational companies. The Pharmaceutical industry contributes approximately 1% to the GDP of Pakistan annually
https://www.icap.org.pk/paib/pdf/guidelines/PharmaIndustry.pdf
Flat out flasehoods here....according to the Pandemic protocols first developed in 2007 after nearly 40 years of wrangling...(and updated in 2017) Pretty much all response is local and state...The Fed’s do have a rold, but the states and local have much of the response responsibility. Did they squander the monies given to them to stockpile supplies like they were supposed to do? Or did they spend the money to purchase needles to give out to junkies?
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